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johnblack
Veteran
- Location
- South Northamptonshire
It's a huge, centralised, bureaucratic monolith, that resists change. It is amazing that it achieves what it does.
kingrollo
Guru
traffic feels slightly less than traffic in a half term week here in the west midlands
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
How can mismanagement be nothing to do with government? The government manages the top layer of managers! The government decides to let managers carry on failing instead of sending in the military. The government stands idly by and fires more workers into the herd immunity plan.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Is there any website tracking national estimates of R0 rates?
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
I've been working at my office throughout the lockdown and traffic this week is easily double what it was the week before, which was about double that of the previous week. Where I was once probably one of 60 cars that I would see throughout my entire journey, I now have a full lane of traffic ahead and behind me on the motorway for as far as I can see.
I don't know why this is happening.
I don't know why this is happening.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Sturgeon can stand up and say what she likes, it's being ignored. I saw more masks being worn in the supermarket before she said people should be wearing them indoors. Traffic is up again today, noticeably so. My 10 mile loop in the mornings finishes on a main road. For the last few weeks I haven't had to slow down to join it as there's been little to no traffic. Today I had to stop and wait for a gap in traffic, as pedestrians brushed by me on either side. I saw a team of roofers tiling a roof - 3 of them, zero distancing and zero PPE. Salesmen working inside Arnold Clark showrooms and busy petrol stations.
More info on the hotspot study made about a month ago. This indicates that about 22% of people infected show no symptoms or are so slight they basically ignore them. Where one member of a family becomes infected there is on average about a 15% chance of other members also being infected. This is significantly higher where there are just two in the household, and surprisingly lower with families of 4. In this regard the corona virus is acting like many other viruses and bugs that have been investigated. The death rate from this study is 0.37%, but this if significantly different depending on age - I think that has been general knowledge for ages though.
The latest RO rate for Baden-Württemberg, one of the three worst hit states in Germany, is currently 0.65, which may well account for the willingness to lift many of the current restrictions.
The latest RO rate for Baden-Württemberg, one of the three worst hit states in Germany, is currently 0.65, which may well account for the willingness to lift many of the current restrictions.
Interesting. Imperial have said for a while that uk wide they believe it is 0.7, but the public think it's too early to lift a lot of restrictions. Vallance said it's between 0.6 and 0.9. It's since been disclosed on tv that for Scotland it is 0.9.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
You may be right there: there's been a slight increase in infections and deaths in Germany for the last two days: the rate was slowing before.
- Location
- Glasgow
I'm furlonged, so I'm doing some charity/community volunteering.
Being in the community is giving me stress: elderly that go on shopping journeys for the sake of it, in spite of having support, even lying to their family members about staying in.
Masks and gloves put in pockets, on the neck, reused, all sorts ...
Visiting between different households, social distance not observed.
Slowly but surely catering outlets are reopening, for take away and deliveries, causing the inevitable assemblies on the pavement.
How are staff in small shops/kitchens/counters social distancing from each other?
I fear here in Scotland we are going to have a surge of the virus.
Being in the community is giving me stress: elderly that go on shopping journeys for the sake of it, in spite of having support, even lying to their family members about staying in.
Masks and gloves put in pockets, on the neck, reused, all sorts ...
Visiting between different households, social distance not observed.
Slowly but surely catering outlets are reopening, for take away and deliveries, causing the inevitable assemblies on the pavement.
How are staff in small shops/kitchens/counters social distancing from each other?
I fear here in Scotland we are going to have a surge of the virus.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
I think so too. I've commented a few times about my neighbour - an elderly, frail lady - being visited repeatedly by various family members every day, even having a party at one point. What's stayed my hand about reporting them is apparently people with a short life expectancy are "excused" shielding. To be fair, she's visibly poorer as the weeks have gone by so it could be her family are determined to be with her near the end.
My wife noticed someone on the neighbourhood app she's part of asking if someone should call the police at the large numbers of people coming and going from the house, but the post was quickly taken down again. So others are noticing it as well.
johnblack
Veteran
- Location
- South Northamptonshire
I think I read the other day that Sweden is at 0.85.
- Location
- Glasgow
Some people just don't get it: like, my neighborg upstairs, his colleague (both college teachers) lost her father, mother in law, father in law to the virus a couple of weeks ago.
He went to the funerals.
And yet, said colleague came visit, they spoke face to face for half an hour.
Elderly couple down the road (both over 80) has family support to bring them anything they want, plus me for bits and pieces should they need.
And yet, the both of them go queuing to the shops, they say they don't care if they catch the corona.
Why have I lost my job???
He went to the funerals.
And yet, said colleague came visit, they spoke face to face for half an hour.
Elderly couple down the road (both over 80) has family support to bring them anything they want, plus me for bits and pieces should they need.
And yet, the both of them go queuing to the shops, they say they don't care if they catch the corona.
Why have I lost my job???
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
There's arguably profiteering going on too. Mrs S orders online so usually gets the same stuff or similar every week. Our weekly grocery bill from Tesco has been £80-90 for months. Since lockdown, it's risen to over £120. I was looking at a workstand for the bike on Amazon before the lockdown and saw a basic model at £32 so put it in my "maybe" list. Checked it yesterday and it's £45.
