Hey r/Coronavirus. After two very long weeks, I'm back for another AMA. If you didn't see my last, I look after critically ill COVID patients in a UK centre. The last time we talked, there were around 20 patients admitted to critical care for COVID nationally. A week after that post, that number was over 200 confirmed (with at least as many suspected cases) across the country. In London, the number has been doubling every few days.

I have a couple of days off, and I'm here to take questions on the current situation, the UK government response, or anything else you might want to talk about.

Like before, I'm remaining anonymous as this allows me to answer questions freely and without association to my employer (and I'm also not keen on publicity or extra attention or getting in trouble with my hospital's media department).

Thanks, I look forwards to your questions.

EDIT: GMT 1700. Thanks for the discussion. Sorry about the controversy - I realise my statement was provocative and slightly emotional - I've removed some provocative but irrelevant parts. I hasten to stress that I am apolitical. I'll be back to answer a few more later. For those of you who haven't read the paper under discussion where Italian data was finally taken into account, this article might be interesting: https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/03/17/1584439125000/That-Imperial-coronavirus-report--in-detail-/

EDIT: Thanks for all the questions. I really hope that we will not get to where Italy are, now that quarantine measures are being put into place, and now that hospitals are adding hundreds of critical care extra beds. Stay safe!