What attracted most surprise was the way Valance presented his figures last month. Commentators sympathetic to the Government position seemed astonished. The exponential increase he alluded to just wasn't there as we can see from the figures.
200 deaths a day isn't anything to be pleased about, but that is par for an Autumn flu season. We had 28k over 2014/15 season not sure if they were of flu, or with flu.
Is there anyone on this forum suggesting an Autumn shutdown is in order every time admissions for respiratory conditions increase to levels over 1,000 a week?