Holland bursts through the 10.000 positive Covid tests. My perspective on this

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Wow and that went fast all of a sudden. Holland raced through the 10.000 positive Covid-19 tests today, a new record! I guess the measures which were taken last week hopefully should see some effect over the next couple of days, or otherwise I a kind of worried where this is heading to.
https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/03/11/15/06/covid-19-4922384_1280.jpg [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/illustrations/covid-19-virus-coronavirus-pandemic-4922384/)
I have written before about how all data which has been collected and released over the year regarding Covid is often something to take with a grain of salt. Also comparing this second wave to data from the first one is hardly doable, since the conditions are so different at the moment. In wave 1 almost no one was tested in Holland. Only when you would land on the doorstep of the hospital half dead with pulmonary complaints, then maybe by the grace of God you would be able to get a test done. So the data which was collected about positive testresults then was biased if you compare it to the total amount of patients back then. **So what does this 10.000 positive test tell us?** Actually not *that* much, apart from that it is a confirmation about how many people around me I know who are having postive testresults at the moment. Are they all critically ill? No they aren't, becase most of them are my age and in general very healthy. But what I am seeing at my work in the hospital is that business is shifting again. The hospital system is slowly collapsing and we are walking right into it. Is it less busy on the streets since the partial lockdown was announced? Not one bit if you ask me, just bars and restaurants are closed, but the spa's, the schools, the whorehouses and 99% of all offices are still opened and companies are still requiring their staff to come in versus working remote. It is feels like bringing water to the sea...
https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/04/15/19/23/respirator-5047906_1280.jpg [Pixabay](https://pixabay.com/illustrations/respirator-mask-ppe-corona-5047906/)
Say my normal surgical department would have 30 operating rooms. Currently then we only would have 15 rooms running with all the shortages pileing up for when (god knows when) this is all over. We are still treating oncology and other acute diseases but so many things are postponed again with all the consequences which we will only see afterwards in a couple of months. Regular healthcare is literally on pauze now. Now I get it that so many people are not behind the current measures lockdowns and all those other things. Yes, it does cost tons of money and jobs are lost. It is true. But the situation where if you have an acute appendicitis and you can and will not be treated is also lurking around the corner, which we should avoid at so many costs. The hospitals are just filling up and it will not take all too long before they are acutually full. I also get that in other countries this is different and when no work means no food this is a whole different issue. But in Holland with so many social systems (yes, there are enough people who are slipping between the lines of the system, I will totally not deny that) the *majority* (please read this...in general...the majority) still has options to feed their family. That makes it different I find. I don't know where this is heading and I certainly do not know all the answers, but just...I am worried man...
Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/covid-19/@karinxxl/holland-bursts-through-the-10-000-positive-covid-tests-my-perspective-on-this