Coronavirus outbreak

[Blue Hills]

Blue hills, you may have to wait but don't go without, they are doing there best and are doing an excellent job.

thanks for the thought. i won't - waiting until milk runs out then will do one shop for selection of bits.
luckily my cooking is "creative" - will chuck anything in - so very flexible on what I get.
and of course number of each item will be limited - great to see that things getting better - was what i was calculating on - some barmy scenes last week/ten days.
off to markets tomorrow.

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

Gove said spread of the virus doubling every three to four days. Not sure how precise that is, Boris has been a bit so sometimes, but every four days would be decent news. Complete odds to BBC and other analysis which said every two to three days.

You and I know Gove hasn't got a clue regarding number infected - how can he, given only those who are serious enough to be admitted into hospitals are tested? c7000 tests a day is only around 5 tests per hospital a day in the country!

Number of deaths, on the other hand, has to be more reliable, although apparently those who die at home with symptoms have not been counted. As we all can see below, total fatalities recorded have definitely been doubling every two to three days.

 

[Blue Hills]

facts worse than rumour.
from beeb:

Italy's death toll rises by 969 - believed to be the sharpest hike in fatalities of any country

above paste from bbc web - news on TV now saying 919.

 

[kingrollo]

above paste from bbc web - news on TV now saying 919.

Either way it's grim

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

This article is the most in-depth assessment I have seen so far, of how and why UK screwed testing up completely.

Complete lack of leadership and priority on people's wellbeing sound like the fundamental causes - who would have thunk it, with BJ as PM?

 

[kingrollo]

This article is the most in-depth assessment I have seen so far, of how and why UK screwed testing up completely.

Complete lack of leadership and priority on people's wellbeing sound like the fundamental causes - who would have thunk it, with BJ as PM?


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Ah yeah - but they are "Ramping up the testing next week" ....... (Yawn)

Its herd immunity by stealth IMO

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

Its herd immunity by stealth IMO

Certainly Londoners are voting for herd immunity with their feet, if you see what we are doing compared with historical figures, and how much more serious the main European and US cities are taking it:

Source.

It is going to be a massacre right here.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

At last some positive news from the guys in charge. Not what I was expecting though.

 

[kingrollo]

Certainly Londoners are voting for herd immunity with their feet, if you see what we are doing compared with historical figures, and how much more serious the main European and US cities are taking it:


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Source.

It is going to be a massacre right here.

Yeah Ive gone from thinking we won't be as bad as Italy - to thinking we might not be as bad as the US.

 

[dodgy]

At last some positive news from the guys in charge. Not what I was expecting though.

You post that as if we're all glued to the news. I'm not. What happened?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

 

[Ming the Merciless]

At last some positive news from the guys in charge. Not what I was expecting though.

What’s that then?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Whitty, Hancock, Johnson, all positive.

 

[dodgy]

Whitty, Hancock, Johnson, all positive.

Ok, but please be specific and consider the readers next time. Almost no point in posting otherwise.

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

Darwinian Selection In Real Time:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3NAx3tsy-k


Another source.