"passed the peak"

The number of people in hospital is falling.

And so what if we have?
Germany thought THEY had.

We say this every Sun/Mon then 7/800 on weds

They were never even full IAWN

Those nightingale hospitals were nothing more than fear peddling to get people to obey the rules

But there's defiantly a 2nd wave coming, there's no way they can get away with not doing one

The numbers are pathetic for a world lock down

No but the peak has passed when you look at the numbers case

Last week they were lower than the previous 2 weeks

But if the NHS is coming out and saying its well passed the peak then that's gospel?

But this thing is making no sense, the way it hit, the way it peaked and the way its "dropping"

As you say, we don't know how many people have been infected although it's probably around 2m, but the falling number of daily reported deaths and the numbers in hospital is evidence that we're over the peak.

What about the dead who we don't know about?

The in house deaths we'll never know about

Yes but I would hope that these numbers are also falling.

After six weeks of lockdown, it would be odd if infection rates weren't falling.

Btw, will we ever know how many people have had the virus?

We've done about 1.1m tests but I don't know how many individuals have been tested.  How often should front line NHS staff be tested?  Ideally as often as possible.

I'm guessing we need to get through the Autumn and Winter before we can say we've passed the peak.. (flu's more likely to hit then) imo..

A peak is a peak.  I agree, the winter could be a difficult time but that will be another peak.

The flu will hit then

it's the first peak obviously. a massive unknown in any major European country what will happen when everyone is [properly let out to play again