Coronavirus outbreak

[MrGrumpy]

Think someone may have been infected with the banned virus

 

[Buck]

I wonder if lock down works in one way but may not ultimately work in another.

We've proved it flattens the level of demand at a given moment.

But will it reduce the total overall number of infections?

It may do, but the briefings all talked about using the restrictions to reduce the peak to within the capacity of the health system.

I’m sure that what we will see is a longer and slower incidence of the disease but that overall infections will not necessarily be lower but, hopefully deaths will be much lower as we will have the capacity to treat those most in need.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Cambridgeshire Police getting a pounding on Twitter for their self-confessed over-exuberance:


View: https://twitter.com/CambridgeCops/status/1248546787394293760

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Social Media clamping down on untruths, rumours and misinformation:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-52149568

 

[Buck]

Google have published their latest set of data tracking showing movement of people (based on mobile phone data)

UK info here:-
https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobility/2020-04-05_GB_Mobility_Report_en.pdf

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

This just appeared on the Guardian live feed:

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NHS England has announced 866 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 8,114.​

Of the 866 new deaths announced today, 117 occurred on 9 April while 720 took place between 1 April and 8 April.​

The remaining 29 deaths occurred in March, including one on March 5.​

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Ok, it's England only, so there will be Scotland and Wales to come. (NI reports 10 deaths). However, the big 866 figure hides the fact that yesterday's (i.e. 9 April) death toll was significantly lower at 117, or 127 less Scotland and Wales. Is there strategic misreporting of the death figures to hide any flattening of the curve that might be happening now? There's just too much of a discrepancy between the two figures (117 / 866) for me to believe it's simply a matter of reporting delays.

 

[BoldonLad]

This just appeared on the Guardian live feed:

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NHS England has announced 866 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 8,114.​

Of the 866 new deaths announced today, 117 occurred on 9 April while 720 took place between 1 April and 8 April.​

The remaining 29 deaths occurred in March, including one on March 5.​

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Ok, it's England only, so there will be Scotland and Wales to come. (NI reports 10 deaths). However, the big 866 figure hides the fact that yesterday's (i.e. 9 March) death toll was significantly lower at 117, or 127 less Scotland and Wales. Is there strategic misreporting of the death figures to hide any flattening of the curve that might be happening now? There's just too much of a discrepancy between the two figures (117 / 866) for me to believe it's simply a matter of reporting delays.

Think you may have a typo in there, shouldn’t “yesterday” be 9th April not 9th March?

if you are right, what are all of the worriers and doom mongers going to post about?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Think you may have a typo in there, shouldn’t “yesterday” be 9th April not 9th March?

if you are right, what are all of the worriers and doom mongers going to post about?

You're right, my error, I'll edit it.

 

[slowmotion]

Think you may have a typo in there, shouldn’t “yesterday” be 9th April not 9th March?

if you are right, what are all of the worriers and doom mongers going to post about?

I'm sure they'll find something.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

This just appeared on the Guardian live feed:

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NHS England has announced 866 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 8,114.​

Of the 866 new deaths announced today, 117 occurred on 9 April while 720 took place between 1 April and 8 April.​

The remaining 29 deaths occurred in March, including one on March 5.​

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Ok, it's England only, so there will be Scotland and Wales to come. (NI reports 10 deaths). However, the big 866 figure hides the fact that yesterday's (i.e. 9 April) death toll was significantly lower at 117, or 127 less Scotland and Wales. Is there strategic misreporting of the death figures to hide any flattening of the curve that might be happening now? There's just too much of a discrepancy between the two figures (117 / 866) for me to believe it's simply a matter of reporting delays.

Well, if the next few days come in as low as yesterday's actual then that would be a massive step forward. Let's wait and see before we get too hopeful...

 

[delb0y]

Want some doom-mongery? How about the report from Korea that folks that had it and were thought clear are now testing positive again? It'll certainly throw a spanner in the works if it turns out that catching it and recovering from it doesn't give you any notable immunity. On a positive note, I'm genuinely enjoying reading The Stand again.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Want some doom-mongery? How about the report from Korea that folks that had it and were thought clear are now testing positive again? It'll certainly throw a spanner in the works if it turns out that catching it and recovering from it doesn't give you any notable immunity. On a positive note, I'm genuinely enjoying reading The Stand again.

Could you provide a link to the Korean report please?

 

[kingrollo]

This just appeared on the Guardian live feed:

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NHS England has announced 866 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 8,114.​

Of the 866 new deaths announced today, 117 occurred on 9 April while 720 took place between 1 April and 8 April.​

The remaining 29 deaths occurred in March, including one on March 5.​

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Ok, it's England only, so there will be Scotland and Wales to come. (NI reports 10 deaths). However, the big 866 figure hides the fact that yesterday's (i.e. 9 April) death toll was significantly lower at 117, or 127 less Scotland and Wales. Is there strategic misreporting of the death figures to hide any flattening of the curve that might be happening now? There's just too much of a discrepancy between the two figures (117 / 866) for me to believe it's simply a matter of reporting delays.

Not sure it does - because if you find that breakdown for yesterday you will see today's figures are from memory much the same.

Sure there is a lag and 866 people haven't died today - but using the same methods I think about 840 was the count yesterday.

Comparing yesterday s 866 with today's 117 isnt a like for like comparison.

....hope I'm wrong - but that's as I see it..

 

[PK99]

Want some doom-mongery? How about the report from Korea that folks that had it and were thought clear are now testing positive again? It'll certainly throw a spanner in the works if it turns out that catching it and recovering from it doesn't give you any notable immunity. On a positive note, I'm genuinely enjoying reading The Stand again.

Posts like this are worse than useless - without a reference to source the information has zero credibility. But will inevitably be quoted as fact by some.

That is how fake news propagates.

Source please?

 

[numbnuts]

Oh dear, my nephew's wife who is a nurse at Basingstoke hospital has got the virus so the whole family are now in quarantine

Update - she's better and can go back to work next week