That's a true but questionable statement, because of how beds availability is handled by hospitals (at least here in the UK). A relative of mine is a doctor an

That's a true but questionable statement, because of how beds availability is handled by hospitals (at least here in the UK). A relative of mine is a doctor and beds occupancy is often high in this season: this is because hospitals try to work at capacity and extra beds can be converted into ICU beds when needed. This is how the NHS managed to survive the peak back in March (and how it will probably survive this peak which seems to have similar numbers). I'm sure saying it doesn't make for a very compelling headline though. Meanwhile people with more serious diseases (eg cancer) are postponing going to the hospital and dying. I also consider the lack of scaling capabilities of our public sector to be a shame and I think we should put the private (which was heavily affected by job loss caused by the lockdowns) sector to work on it (converting privately owned businesses into it, speed training people to deal with the illness - we had almost a year to prepare). But I don't see our society being agile enough to handle it in time from a regulatory point of view.