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by Maf1 1761 days ago
and smokers, drinkers, drug takers, extreme sports enthusiasts.
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Sure, if those actions were causing hospitals to run out of capacity.
In 2019/20 there were estimated to be 506,100 hospital admissions attributable to smoking. (Statistics on Smoking, England 2020-NHS)
And? The rate of admissions is the important part. Considering there was no testimonials by nurses and doctors about exhausting ICU capacities and whatnot, or at least I did not hear about it, I do not see why that is relevant.