randynewmanscat
Veteran
- Location
- Vienne, Poitou-Chrentes
Could be worse, if you are unfortunate enough to be a US national it would be "beautiful".
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randynewmanscat
Veteran
- Location
- Vienne, Poitou-Chrentes
I had a beer or five in my local on Thursday. The place is tiny so when one person moves three others have to perform a jig to get out of the way, farcical stuff.
Wait until the UK pubs open, you'll all have a tale to tell if you venture out for a beer.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Going out for a beer isn't looking likely any time soon for us. Though I'll be out collecting a case of beer this afternoon - it's been delivery only for a good while but collection is now an option. Last time I had a drink in a hostelry was 8 March.
Italy has around 200 to 300 new cases a day with large fluctuations day to day. Italy has around 70-100 (nearly all recorded) hospital deaths per day again with large fluctuations.
Aspects of Italian work and life have been slowly reopening for some time.
Now is not the time to threaten to go on strike.
Positive peer pressure is better than a big stick they won't be staffing trains or putting staff out of work.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-strike-over-shappss-face-covering-volunteers
Positive peer pressure is better than a big stick they won't be staffing trains or putting staff out of work.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-strike-over-shappss-face-covering-volunteers
johnblack
Veteran
- Location
- South Northamptonshire
How a change in Spanish stats calculation changed their Covid deaths
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
It does make you wonder how reliable the data in other countries is.
The excess death rate is probably the safest measure for comparison purposes.
johnblack
Veteran
- Location
- South Northamptonshire
I think there is very little point in trying to compare, but I can safely say I trust our figures more than Spains. Excess death is important, although initially it is so much higher, it will be interesting to see where we are in a years time, especially as so many deaths are of those who were nearing the end of their lives. Will we see negative figures in months to come? Also more importantly will be number of years lost, this will be hit by the amount of treatable patients that were unable to recieve treatment through the lockdown for cancers and such. Will the number of years lost from Covid deaths be less than those lost by patients who were denied or decided not to receive treatment due to the lock down.
Thoroughly depressing.
Some good news at last, number of new daily infections is estimated to have fallen from 8000 a day in recent weeks, to 5600 a day presently.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52933804
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52933804
P.S. other bad news from the same report is that different interpretations seem to say this is the largest scale study to clock the asymptomatic patients percentage being much higher than generally agreed from smaller studies. This is 71% within the original bounds of 20-80% stated for months with most commentators and researchers generally believing it's 40 to 50%. Also the north west is a concern and R(t) has risen slightly to between 0.7 and 1.0.
On testing anyone seen sats on the difference in the fail rate of tests that are self administered compared with ones carry out by HCP's?
Also anyone know the number of home test kits that never get sent back?
We know the number of tests carried out figure is a fiddle but do they also inc the ones that never come back as well?
Also anyone know the number of home test kits that never get sent back?
We know the number of tests carried out figure is a fiddle but do they also inc the ones that never come back as well?
And we will only know that after the whole pandemic is over.
Hancock's turn to issue mask advice.
Everyone member of the public going into hospital will have to wear face covering.
All staff clinical or not will have to wear class 1 or 2 masks.
He then went on to make a joke
Health staff are asked to self isolate he will support them even if it means the whole department.
Everyone member of the public going into hospital will have to wear face covering.
All staff clinical or not will have to wear class 1 or 2 masks.
He then went on to make a joke
Health staff are asked to self isolate he will support them even if it means the whole department.
Hospital staff must wear surgical masks. Visitors and outpatients to wear coverings.
You could announce these new groups wearing masks once a day. Who's next? Politicians? Ballerinas? Journalists? Cyclists? Pupils?
Could keep it going for a few weeks as media management.
You could announce these new groups wearing masks once a day. Who's next? Politicians? Ballerinas? Journalists? Cyclists? Pupils?
Could keep it going for a few weeks as media management.
