Actually I think they will agree that the nurses etc do deserve a big pay rise. Unfortunately, they'll also explain that due to the unprecedented money the government has pumped into the economy, and the recession we find ourselves in, we can't afford it.
Meanwhile, a report from The Times says
"Mr Johnson, 55, had not been intubated — where a tube is inserted into the windpipe before ventilation — but needed four litres of oxygen in intensive care, sources at the hospital said. The normal threshold for intensive care is 15 litres, suggesting...
I think they know it's often a symptom, but what they're reluctant to do is tell people they probably have the virus if that's their only symptom. It obviously wasn't your only symptom, you had a fever, which is at the top of their list.
An Italian friend of mine has likely had the virus, and...
That's not my experience of neonatal ICU, where patients go into ICU because they need IC. Also, looking at the report the Springal posted, a lot of ICU outcomes are bad, which suggests people are there because they need to be, not as a precaution.
Regardless, the original comment I was...