One coronavirus patient 'can infect 59,000 people
But some people continue to ignore social distancing rules - and others have dismissedOne coronavirus patient can infect 59,000 people - compared to 14 with flu, an expert has revealedTo put things into perspective for those who continue to flout the rules, one expert has worked out how those small differences in numbers can lead to a major rise in infection rates.
Prof Montgomery continued: "A few will get sick,at about day ten of their illness, so they will need to come to a hospital. "If we've got a limited resource, which we have, a limited number of ventilators, a limited number of doctors, a limited number of nurses - if we overwhelm that, we can't provide that service of caring for these people properly."Prof Montgomery added: "I'm not going to play it down, it's going to be ugly, it's going to be horrible for a large number of people.
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