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In response to some of the previous comments:

(i) if NHSE were to advise providers how to prioritise ITU admission or ventilator access the relevant professional societies/clinicians would be angry that 'bean counters' were not taking any notice of their clinical opinion/expertise

(ii) cited 'death rates' are entirely dependent on national Covid-19 testing policies and the UK has been heavily criticised for the virtually non-existent population (as opposed initially to contract) testing. If this reveals as expected a cohort of relatively asymptomatic cases the supposed 'death rate' will fall

(iii) the cited 'death rate' cannot be a consequence of limited ITU capacity at this stage of the pandemic though it may become so