Yes. I've been thinking about @InOtterNews so much since her last post.
I must live quite close to her. We are both patients at the cancer unit of our local hospital, now overseen by King's. My dd has lots of local connections. Coincidentally, she has a friend following the same lymphoma path as Otter in the same unit. Sadly, he's just been told that he no longer qualifies for a transplant because his tumours haven't responded sufficiently to chemo. She also knows someone who works at King's.
Our borough has been hit v hard by the Kent variant. As an example, around the time Ottter went into A&E at the local hospital, another family we know, mother, father, two grandparents, over 90, who lived next door, were all struck down. The paramedics were so over-stretched that at first they didn't want to take the oldies and suggested they should stay at home in the care of their 16 yr old granddaughter. 
In the end, they were admitted, grandfather has now been discharged, but granny died. Father also now at home, but mother has been in an induced coma ever since. Gradually being brought back to consciousness but they think she might have had a stroke. It does sound as if they're right about the new variant being super-infectious. I'm sure Otter, with her history, would have been taking extra care.
It's all so difficult with Covid. Normally, Otter's friends would have been able to visit and check her phone, but now it's just as likely that it's in a drawer somewhere on the ward, out of charge. However tempting, it doesn't feel right to use dd's connections and super-sleuth in the community. It puts everyone in a v difficult and unethical position.
I agree with Top. I think all we can do is tie a yellow ribbon and hope for the best.