In the Herald today:
NO new patients with Covid-19 have been admitted to intensive care in Scotland for at least 10 days, as the death toll from the virus fell for a second week in a row. With fewer than 500 critically ill coronavirus patients requiring ICU treatment so far, admissions appear to have stalled. The Scottish Government had set a target of quadrupling Scotland’s intensive care capacity to 700 beds amid fears that the NHS would be overwhelmed. But it comes as new statistics reveal that people living in the poorest areas of Scotland are more than twice as likely to die from the infection, with men also 50 per cent more likely than women to suffer fatal complications.
What seem like casual, innocent, choices of vocabulary will expose your truer feelings. McArdle has a very long history of finding a negative position on the facts and then using that to imply failure on the part of the Scottish Government so, using a bit of good news to lead on to, with a big but, something bad, is no surprise. Journalists call it ‘balance’ but it’s really just a device to soften you up for the real agenda underpinning the report.
But, but, at risk of being accused of Freudianism, see that ‘stalled?’
Here’s the alleged ‘stall’:
The graph finishes on the 2nd of April and as McArdle helpfully points out there have been no cases since. Sticking with the aeronautical metaphor and to quote famous test pilot, Chuck Yeager, admissions have ‘bought the farm!’
So, when you write ‘appear to have stalled’ does it seem like you either cannot read a graph or have a mental predisposition to hope that better times will come again with more folk in ICU?
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
I have searched long and hard for such relevant data from UK.Gov & EHNS along with PHE
But all to no avail,if you go to Scot.Gov then it so easy to find such data all laid out in a disciplined easy to comprehend manner
So what are they in UK.Gov
1.woefully incompetent
2.Do not care
3.Delibarltly disguising the truth in order to avoid close scrutiny
4.Lack of cohesion and proper planning
5.ignoring strong scientific advice that such data is vital in order to adapt and improve as the situation moves forward
E.G.rather like a Military commander fails to learn any lessons from defeat
I think it is reasonable to assume that all 5 points above pertain and such clearly demonstrates a complete lack of care far less competence by those in the most Senior positions
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All of the above.
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If a plane stalls near the ground invariably an uncontrolled landing follows (a crash).
In SNHS’s case the plane has performed a beautifully executed landing, with the passengers intact.
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I remind you that when the professional application to task reveals itself in actual outcome then more often than not it goes unnoticed and all due to the skill that was
Was deployed with great care and attention
Just as a pilot lands his aircraft in strong crosswinds the passengers only notice the bumpy final approah and never the smooth touchdown in the most trying of circumstances
My Grandfather said the true sign of a skilled craftsman you never know that he has been and done his work
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Regarding the B U TLike many folk every time I listen to BBC Scotland or STV I’m just waiting for the B U T and they never fail to include if in their reporting.
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