Originally Posted by
mattyj
yet the DHBs are in the media complaining about being overrun and there was 500 cases in children’s hospitals
"were" in the media, past tense.
And of course, yes, let's turn to the media for our facts, what would the bodies that actually capture, analyse and report the data know?
As the ESR notes there was most assuredly a very significant spike in RSV cases but the case count has subsequently declined such that they are now back to historical baselines. It's called regression to the mean.