Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[PhilM]

So more tests are in the system then?

Thats surely good news?

Has daily testing capacity significantly increased? Yes. Simple as that.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I think its less helpful now that they are offering tests to everyone.

Im not suggesting its a negative, but if we wanted our household could all get tests and none of us have symptoms.

Yeah there's a risk people are just going for a test cause they can, and not cause they think they have the virus. But presumably once capacity is in place we can keep testing again. But a big sample size will definitely help with getting more knowledge of how people can have the virus but no symptoms.

 

[PhilM]

The seven day rolling average appears to be close to the rate around the 7th April.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Not unexpected but still very depressing news

 

[Barnfred 55]

@Catfish Blues kindly directed me to these guys for data on excess deaths across Europe that also includes UK figures. Report is up to calendar week 17 which I think ends 26th April and data for week 18 but can’t see it defined anywhere.

EuroMOMO Bulletin, Week 17, 2020

Pooled mortality estimates from the EuroMOMO network continue to show a marked increase in excess all-cause mortality overall for the…

www.euromomo.eu

Graphs and maps

www.euromomo.eu

Thanks for that LL. Not sure I'm any wiser though and can't understand how they get figures a week ahead of when they are produced by ONS.

I clicked on What is Z-score so I could get a better understanding of what the figures represent. My heads still spinning lol

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Has daily testing capacity significantly increased? Yes. Simple as that.

The government could have got a million tests out and there would still be some having a pop.

 

[Tea_drinker]

This is simply tory party political broadcasts everyday. Its immoral and north Korean.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Half of UK households believe they will struggle to meet their financial commitments over the next three months

April: COVID finance tracker | News and features | University of Bristol

www.bristol.ac.uk

 

[PhilM]

This is simply tory party political broadcasts everyday. Its immoral and north Korean.

While the government will obviously want to come out favourably, the scientific and medical data (provided by the MO and scientific officer) is immoral?

 

[zzr45]

This is simply tory party political broadcasts everyday. Its immoral and north Korean.

Are you aware the Pope is a Catholic?

 

[ToffeeTim]

This is simply tory party political broadcasts everyday. Its immoral and north Korean.

Taking questions from journalists every day is the opposite of North Korea.

Theres no country in the world where the opposition parties lead the coronavirus press conferences. Dont be silly.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

To be fair, Un pretended to die to curry sympathy as well. The similarities are uncanny.

 

[Minimeister]

The government could have got a million tests out and there would still be some having a pop.

26,000 people have died mate. I should imagine there's a good few people out there who would struggle congratulating them.

 

[Goat]

Those number of daily deaths figures just dont seem to be lowering.

 

[PhilM]

With regards to the Nightingale hospitals, does anyone have any recent and accurate data regarding to how many beds are actually being used?