Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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bullybeef said:
I think you’ll find the majority of the wealthy and middle classes will be working from home until this all blows over.
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Undeniable fact. The list of papers and other media outlets carrying the ONS research is damning, the class war is alive and well...


www.standard.co.uk

Men in low-paid occupations at highest risk of dying from Covid-19

Security guards, bus drivers and care workers are among those with the highest death rates from coronavirus.
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www.oxfordmail.co.uk

Male taxi drivers, chefs and security guards among most likely to die with virus

Men in low-skilled jobs are the most likely to die with coronavirus, new data has revealed.
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Neiler said:
Nobel scientist predicts virus will 'burn out' in next two weeks

A Nobel Prize- winning scientist has predicted, through analysing raw data, that Ireland's death rate and infection will "burn itself out" in the next two weeks, enabling an earlier exit from lockdown.

Professor Michael Levitt, of Stanford University, was speaking after he correctly calculated the demise of China's spread, long ahead of most health experts.

In early February, as many scientists warned of exponential growth, Levitt forecast the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in China would taper out at around 80,000, with 3,250 deaths. Three months on, China has a total of 82,885 cases and 4,633 deaths - in a population of 1.4bn.

Now Prof Levitt has calculated that Ireland's infection is burning itself out and will 'taper off' at around 30,000 cases and fewer than 2,400 deaths. Ireland now has 22,385 cases and 1,403 deaths.

He says the death rate is more difficult to predict, due to a number of factors, such as some countries counting coronavirus deaths in those who would normally have died from underlying health conditions.
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Is that the statistician, or is this a different fella?
 
peteblue said:
I saw a report that showed that NHS staff who have died are in line with the national rate and that no one working in an ICU had died from the virus...it may be wrong but the numbers seemed to stack up.....
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Not sure about the ICU bit, but the statistics did say the NHS death rate was no worse than the rest - however they (with some shameful exceptions) generally had at least some PPE, proper training and were able to take time off when ill.
 
Pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, cinemas, churches won't be open until 4 July at the very earliest but likely to be phased and could be far longer for more crowded industries/activities.
 
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