OK, since this seems to be the new "squirrel" from the #casedemic crowd, we can check. I mean, obviously people are being discharged, but how many?

Times of day when this data is reported don't 100% match up, but this should be good enough for a first approximation. https://twitter.com/scottbuller/status/1344802177668284421

From https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-hospital-activity/ we can see that between 21st and 27th December there were 14,915 COVID admissions in England.

During that time, the number of COVID beds occupied went up by 2,717, which suggests that 12,198 COVID patients left hospital.

So people are leaving, for sure. They are also definitely arriving faster than they are leaving, and as a result the number of beds occupied went up 15% in a week (they are up a further 11% in the 3 days since, by the way). This is clearly not sustainable.

The other bit of bad news is that to state the bleeding obvious, not all these 12,198 people are discharges. https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/ says that in the same period there were at least 2,335 hospital deaths (will rise due to data lag), which will be included in my "leaving" figures.

To put it another way, of the COVID patients who left hospital that week, *one in five of them left feet first*. Just over one Lockerbie per day. It is reasonable to assume that many of the remaining 10,000 will suffer lasting health consequences and require ongoing convalescence

So, you'll understand if my patience with the liars, deniers, sock puppets and grifters is wearing a little bit thin. These people, and the people complicit in giving them a voice in the media, need to understand that their actions have consequences. Happy New Year!