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26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
NHS England has finally told hospitals to differentiate between patients who are actually sick with Covid symptoms and those who test positive while being treated for something else in its daily flow of Covid data.
The number of people waiting to start hospital treatment in England has passed five million for the first time, while the number waiting for more than a year remains significantly higher than before lockdown began.
The number of patients needing hospital treatment for Covid continues to fall in the former Indian variant "hotspot" Bolton, as the PM says "there is still nothing in the data" to suggest lockdown should be extended.
Up to 8,700 patients died within 28 days after catching Covid while in hospital being treated for another medical problem, according to NHS data.
Almost half of the children in hospital recorded as having needed inpatient treatment for Covid actually needed treatment for something else and happened to test positive, a new U.S. study suggests.
The number of people waiting to start hospital treatment has risen to 4.95 million in England alone, according to the latest NHS figures.
A study of 52,000 Covid hospital patients from the winter finds "an abundance admitted to hospital within seven days of vaccination". The authors blame people for not being careful, but what does the evidence say?
Only a small proportion of people who have received a Covid vaccine have been admitted to hospital with the virus and died, according to a new study. Most had caught Covid before the vaccine would be expected to work.
The number of people in English hospitals with Covid has fallen to the lowest level since last September, according to the latest NHS figures. The total is down by 96% from the peak in January.
The number of people waiting to receive hospital treatment continues to rise, with 4.7 million people stuck on a waiting list by the end of February in England alone. This is the highest number since 2007.
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