We have lost sight of what a positive Covid case means

In a year that almost everyone will want to forget there is some emerging good news. Covid-19 related hospital admissions are undoubtedly falling. By the end of August there were barely over 300 people in hospital in England with coronavirus listed as a diagnosis, and only 46 in London. To put this into context, the figure was over 15,000 at the peak of the infection. The virus has not gone, of course, but positive data like this is a reminder of how the challenge is now very different.

As a doctor I have over the years come to realise a few different things. The more you learn, the more you realise the limits of medicine. The more experience you have the more reflective you become and are able to question your actions and be open to new ideas and approaches. When you first turn out on the wards fresh from university it can seem a frightening place and challenges to your thinking and knowledge can be viewed as threats.