I have been in hospital. I have been counting my blessings, thankful to be in the hands of people who know what to do when things go wrong. I have been counting blessings not just for me but for all of us, lying there in hospital, watching all those immensely capable doctors, nurses, specialists and staff doing all those hours, taking care of so many in so much need. And I have been thinking to myself how very different this all might have looked if we had thrown that system to the mercy of an out-of-control virus.
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