It’s not what ‘THE NHS‘ is saying, it’s who in the NHS is saying it.
These announcements, as Margaret alluded to, are usually put out from HQ by paper-pushers, statisticians, and even more grandly titled administrators. Their role is to do as their paymasters (the Govt) tell them if, for no other reason, than their admin jobs depend on it.
Here’s a letter that, it’s claimed, comes from a front line consultant.
https://georivista.com/2020/07/16/ch...obal-research/
This is not the only such comment I’ve come across from real medics, as opposed to the politicised bureaucracy of the NHS. Here’s another.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...t-the-lockdown
And, if anyone is still in doubt, here’s what it says on the Boots web site: