Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[LinekersLegs]

Helpful thread summarizing what we currently know (or don’t) about coronavirus and kids

 

[davek]

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Bold being the bank holiday weekend.

Can you supply me with the daily total for the last 2 or 3 weeks? I've ben searching but cant find them.

 

[davek]

I'm sure you know that after each weekend the deaths reported always drops, especially as this was a Bank Holiday!

Yeah, I;ve heard the virus let's its hair down on weekends and isn't so rampant...on Bank Holidays they go down to Southend and Margate on scooters and that.

 

[LinekersLegs]

CMO last night said not close to a vaccine, Hancock says today possibly by Autumn.

Very dangerous to give people false hope.

Fwiw that significantly differs from what Fauci is suggesting

 

[davek]

Hancock has recieved a letter from UK Statistics Authority, its no surprise, being woolly with the testing. View attachment 86493

"I know you are a strong supporter of the proper use of statistics and data".

Ha Ha.

Very droll.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Yeah, I;ve heard the virus let's its hair down on weekends and isn't so rampant...on Bank Holidays they go down to Southend and Margate on scooters and that.

You've got to stay alert and apply common pause sense...

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Nymzee]

Can you supply me with the daily total for the last 2 or 3 weeks? I've ben searching but cant find them.

United Kingdom COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer

United Kingdom Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.

www.worldometers.info

 

[PhilM]

We have larger populations than both France and Italy. We have a much larger population than Spain. Our number line up with these countries....

It might just be me, but I really do not get why people are undertaking direct comparisons with regards to population: e.g. Spain Vs. UK population.

At worst, it's % of the population or just simply the number of deaths. Why does having a larger population mean how many have died should be more acceptable?

Urban density, GDP, age of the population, health care provision and general health comparisons (smokers etc.) are more sensible comparisons.

In reality, we should be aiming for the lost number of deaths possible rather than saying, "Oh well, we've got ten more million so another few thousand is fine."

 

[davek]

United Kingdom COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer

United Kingdom Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.

www.worldometers.info

Thanks.

So, just to be clear, the day Johnson gave his roadmap out of the lockdown the lowest number of daily deaths in the UK since the start of the crisis at the end of March was recorded...and the day after, when his roadmap was being given 'detail' in the media, it fell even further....and now a day later it's back up to numbers we've commonly seen since the middle of April?

You can, therefore, presumably get my point?

 

[PhilM]

Thanks.

So, just to be clear, the day Johnson gave his roadmap out of the lockdown the lowest number of daily deaths in the UK since the start of the crisis at the end of March was recorded...and the day after, when his roadmap was being given 'detail' in the media, it fell even further....and now a day later it's back up to numbers we've commonly seen since the middle of April?

You can, therefore, presumably get my point?

According to the BBC, that's potentially short by about 14,000.

Coronavirus: How many people have died in the UK?

Official statistics show a large increase in the number of UK deaths above the expected level.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Nymzee]

Thanks.

So, just to be clear, the day Johnson gave his roadmap out of the lockdown the lowest number of daily deaths in the UK since the start of the crisis at the end of March was recorded...and the day after, when his roadmap was being given 'detail' in the media, it fell even further....and now a day later it's back up to numbers we've commonly seen since the middle of April?

You can, therefore, presumably get my point?

No. I can’t get your point Dave. The numbers during the week before and after address are around the 600 mark. Nothing has changed.

 

[LinekersLegs]

It might just be me, but I really do not get why people are undertaking direct comparisons with regards to population: e.g. Spain Vs. UK population.

At worst, it's % of the population or just simply the number of deaths. Why does having a larger population mean how many have died should be more acceptable?

Urban density, GDP, age of the population, health care provision and general health comparisons (smokers etc.) are more sensible comparisons.

In reality, we should be aiming for the lost number of deaths possible rather than saying, "Oh well, we've got ten more million so another few thousand is fine."

Urban density is invariably brought up with its obvious disadvantages but a more balanced assessment would also bring up things like how quickly people can get to hospitals or testing centers, ability to work/order goods from home, many rural areas have higher % elderly residents etc.

 

[Dixieslaces]

Yeah, I;ve heard the virus let's its hair down on weekends and isn't so rampant...on Bank Holidays they go down to Southend and Margate on scooters and that.

So even genuine, serious and proven facts pass you by!

You Sir are a legend, in your own mind!

 

[Dixieslaces]

Thanks.

So, just to be clear, the day Johnson gave his roadmap out of the lockdown the lowest number of daily deaths in the UK since the start of the crisis at the end of March was recorded...and the day after, when his roadmap was being given 'detail' in the media, it fell even further....and now a day later it's back up to numbers we've commonly seen since the middle of April?

You can, therefore, presumably get my point?

As Boris, address was pre-recorded NO, I dont get your point!