Yes we can expect fires in hospitals caused by oxygen leaks and lots of funeral pyres in Hyde Park.
We can also expect the discovery of microbes on mars next week which obviously will be translated as "martians to declare war on earth".
Meanwhile back in reality, the UK has something India doesn't. Adequate infrastructure to deal with covid.
This is something we didn't have last year. We didn't have even in January. However we are just about there. I was saying back in August that i was worried because we didn't have this. But things have changed and we are coping much better on all fronts.
Controlling the virus is about early detection, prevention and mitigating the effects.
Our testing is now decent and we have the ability to detect new strains. Our tracing isn't perfect but its much improved and its easier with fewer cases. We have the ability to lockdown in a way India really doesn't. Our vaccination programme is doing well and is having real world impact in reducing transmission and hospitalisations. A study has found that once people are three weeks post vaccination their risk of hospitalisations is a fraction of what it was. So far whilst some vaccinations might be less effective against some of the new strains, they still reduce risk of hospitalisations. If you are unlucky enough to end up in hospital our hospitals are better equipped, have better safety standards and better staffed (in part thanks to lots of Indian doctors...). Your chances of survival are much much higher than they were 12 months ago. India has less nurses per head of population than the World Health Organisation recommend. For all the criticism of the NHS not being funded properly, its not compariable to India. We have more funds to 'buy our way out' of the problem too. Our understanding of covid generally is better so we have more chance of better outcomes. And whilst we are fat as a nation, generally our standard of health is better than in India. We are already advancing and scaling up plans for a 3rd booster shot for the Autumn so we have the bones of infrastructure in places to mitigate against possible new waves from new variants. At this point any new wave isnt likely to hit before the Autumn as our monitoring is so improved.
We are not India. India shows why lockdowns were needed here though.
Where we might have more issues is if there are huge issues with sickness in India we may see pressures on production of goods we import from there in the short term. Notably generic cheap drugs. We have tried to put measures in, in case of this issue... And that's what im more worried about for the UK in terms of the Indian crisis.
The UK has had a wave of the kent variant. We suffered for it, but we are now reopening without too many problems whilst countries which have had it and haven't vaccinated as many are having far more problems.
If all else fails we have stockpiled body bags. But i do not think its at all likely we'll need to use them on mass and turn parks into graveyards as was the original disaster planning anymore than i believe that martian invasion is imminent.