WI was an almighty miss right through November but the rest of the polling is better for Biden than it was for Clinton. You won't make money relying on polling as bad as Wisconsin in the long run.
What are the apparent benefits to the UK of the large contributions made with taxpayers' money to other nations?
I think we used to have a sort of business investment fund that invested in poorer parts of the world in return for some of the profits, which sounds mutually beneficial and sensible, but believe Brown axed that.
Soft power, exports and related jobs, increased international security, less terrorism are the main tangible benefits along with a moral benefit of helping those weaker than yourself, which many but not all would also consider a benefit.
Luckily much of Britain is experiencing a more unifying cultural moment, as a young working-class black footballer is David against Goliath and George Best combined for a day.
What are the apparent benefits to the UK of the large contributions made with taxpayers' money to other nations?
I think we used to have a sort of business investment fund that invested in poorer parts of the world in return for some of the profits, which sounds mutually beneficial and sensible, but believe Brown axed that.
I'kll never forget the QT where someone asked about money being sent to India
''poorest in the world absolutely destitute...blah blah blah''
But they've got a space programme.
''Well true but these really are the poorest, more poor blah''
What are the apparent benefits to the UK of the large contributions made with taxpayers' money to other nations?
I think we used to have a sort of business investment fund that invested in poorer parts of the world in return for some of the profits, which sounds mutually beneficial and sensible, but believe Brown axed that.
You would hope it would lead to stable prosperous democracies providing lucrative export markets for British business, making the world safer for British citizens, and reducing the flow of desperate people attempting to reach Britain as a safe haven.
The news on dexamethasone may well be even better than it looks at first sight, for two reasons. Firstly, given that it presumably acts by reducing the immune system's inflammatory over-reaction to infection of the lungs, it seems likely that as well as saving lives in the short-term it will reduce the long-term damage to the lungs of those who survive. Secondly, it seems likely that the results could be even better if scientists can find a suitable anti-viral to administer in combination with it.
I have some sympathy with much of that. But given that taxpayers' money is finite (despite recent furloughing) I don't see why DFID, alongside only Health, got ringfenced when every other department had to make substantial cuts.
We could do with more money for the courts, and I'd sooner have a well-functioning judicial system here than spending money overseas.
What are the apparent benefits to the UK of the large contributions made with taxpayers' money to other nations?
I think we used to have a sort of business investment fund that invested in poorer parts of the world in return for some of the profits, which sounds mutually beneficial and sensible, but believe Brown axed that.
I'kll never forget the QT where someone asked about money being sent to India
''poorest in the world absolutely destitute...blah blah blah''
But they've got a space programme.
''Well true but these really are the poorest, more poor blah''
Today's numbers are beyond microscopic by normal Tuesday standards – usually by far the worst day of the week by reporting day because of weekend lag.
When is the government going to confirm a clear timetable for lockdown release?
Shops are open but the hospitality sector is in dire need of certainty – it's the backbone of Britain and we need to salvage as much as we can from the summer and revive the British tourism sector quick sharp.
1. United States 31.00 2. United Kingdom 12.46 3. Japan 11.19 4. France 10.60 5. Germany 10.44 6. Netherlands 5.45 7. United Arab Emirates 5.20 8. Sweden 3.95 9. Canada 3.90 10. Spain 3.81
So France and Germany aren't far behind the UK and the Netherlands and Sweden both donate far more per capita.
Actually according to the DfID, the UK ODA spend last year was £15.17 billion or just a shade under $19 billion
Today's numbers are beyond microscopic by normal Tuesday standards – usually by far the worst day of the week by reporting day because of weekend lag.
When is the government going to confirm a clear timetable for lockdown release?
Shops are open but the hospitality sector is in dire need of certainty – it's the backbone of Britain and we need to salvage as much as we can from the summer and revive the British tourism sector quick sharp.
Self contained accomodation, caravans and so forth should probably have been open by now. Large hotels, not so sure. B&Bs are the middle case I guess. But people should be able to get to their own damned caravans already. Basic reproductive rate of the virus hasn't changed all that much since the start of lockdown (Gone up slightly as restrictions have eased I think), the power of keeping it below 1/ compound interest (in reverse)
1. United States 31.00 2. United Kingdom 12.46 3. Japan 11.19 4. France 10.60 5. Germany 10.44 6. Netherlands 5.45 7. United Arab Emirates 5.20 8. Sweden 3.95 9. Canada 3.90 10. Spain 3.81
So France and Germany aren't far behind the UK and the Netherlands and Sweden both donate far more per capita.
Actually according to the DfID, the UK ODA spend last year was £15.17 billion or just a shade under $19 billion
Today's numbers are beyond microscopic by normal Tuesday standards – usually by far the worst day of the week by reporting day because of weekend lag.
When is the government going to confirm a clear timetable for lockdown release?
Shops are open but the hospitality sector is in dire need of certainty – it's the backbone of Britain and we need to salvage as much as we can from the summer and revive the British tourism sector quick sharp.
It would be helpful for Boris to say something about pubs and restaurants today. Say similar to what is happening in Northern Ireland from 3 July.
What are the apparent benefits to the UK of the large contributions made with taxpayers' money to other nations?
I think we used to have a sort of business investment fund that invested in poorer parts of the world in return for some of the profits, which sounds mutually beneficial and sensible, but believe Brown axed that.
I'kll never forget the QT where someone asked about money being sent to India
''poorest in the world absolutely destitute...blah blah blah''
But they've got a space programme.
''Well true but these really are the poorest, more poor blah''
I have some sympathy with much of that. But given that taxpayers' money is finite (despite recent furloughing) I don't see why DFID, alongside only Health, got ringfenced when every other department had to make substantial cuts.
We could do with more money for the courts, and I'd sooner have a well-functioning judicial system here than spending money overseas.
Health was ringfenced for a good reason. Imagine it hadn't been with the pandemic arriving !
Today's numbers are beyond microscopic by normal Tuesday standards – usually by far the worst day of the week by reporting day because of weekend lag.
When is the government going to confirm a clear timetable for lockdown release?
Shops are open but the hospitality sector is in dire need of certainty – it's the backbone of Britain and we need to salvage as much as we can from the summer and revive the British tourism sector quick sharp.
It would be interesting to get some kind of breakdown on the 233 new reported deaths. Are the majority now in care homes?
The NHS England total has declined from 129 last Tuesday to 79 this Tuesday. Also, only three of those were in London.
I have some sympathy with much of that. But given that taxpayers' money is finite (despite recent furloughing) I don't see why DFID, alongside only Health, got ringfenced when every other department had to make substantial cuts.
We could do with more money for the courts, and I'd sooner have a well-functioning judicial system here than spending money overseas.
Im not sure why it should be ringfenced either. I am in favour of spending it but not arbitrary % thresholds nor do I really care which dept it sits in. I dont see why we shouldnt contribute more when we are doing well and less when doing badly either.
Given we are paying more than most other wealthy countries lobbying for a level playing field would be one of my priorities in this area.
Is that the one where there is an over excitable journalist with lots of friends placed in every major news story who has multiple personality disorder and an obsession with race war? I think Ive read about it somewhere.
Today's numbers are beyond microscopic by normal Tuesday standards – usually by far the worst day of the week by reporting day because of weekend lag.
When is the government going to confirm a clear timetable for lockdown release?
Shops are open but the hospitality sector is in dire need of certainty – it's the backbone of Britain and we need to salvage as much as we can from the summer and revive the British tourism sector quick sharp.
It would be interesting to get some kind of breakdown on the 233 new reported deaths. Are the majority now in care homes?
The NHS England total has declined from 129 last Tuesday to 79 this Tuesday. Also, only three of those were in London.
The weekend reporting effect is very sharp for the non-hospital numbers.
Is that the one where there is an over excitable journalist with lots of friends placed in every major news story who has multiple personality disorder and an obsession with race war? I think Ive read about it somewhere.
In Covid watching news the great state of Georgia is seeing it's death count levelling off after initially showing what many would call a period of "strongly declining". Cases are now peaking again
@Alistair Trump backers can always hope for a mass repeat of the WIsconsin polling disaster I guess. It's not a strategy I'm following though.
The problem was not Wisconsin being a polling disaster but it being repeated across the rust belt! Which, with the benefit of hindsight, of course it would be. You wouldn't get a polling miss in just one state, you'd get a polling miss across correlated demographics.
I am certainly far, far warier this time out in interpreting the American state polling.
Today's numbers are beyond microscopic by normal Tuesday standards – usually by far the worst day of the week by reporting day because of weekend lag.
When is the government going to confirm a clear timetable for lockdown release?
Shops are open but the hospitality sector is in dire need of certainty – it's the backbone of Britain and we need to salvage as much as we can from the summer and revive the British tourism sector quick sharp.
My sources tell me that testing is implying between 15% and 20% of people in London have antibodies. This is imo quite a good number. It's not the "iceberg" but it does seem as if there has been plenty of asymptomatic infection. That was a bad thing at the start of the epidemic since it hastened the spread - lots of people not knowing they have the virus and going around shedding it - but at a certain point it becomes a net good thing because of the dampening impact of significant 'community immunity' (what a lovely sounding term!). Perhaps we have passed that tipping point now.
Blimey if you read some of these posts you would think the government had no right to impement a manifesto it had an 80 seat majority for.
If they are so comfortable with their 80-seat majority, why the u-turns?
That doesn't stop them from being idiots. They should have seen this coming. Sensible to keep the scheme in place over the summer. A drop in the ocean compared to spending elsewhere.
One thing is certain, though - if things are back to normal. and he drops the scheme next summer, the haters will be saying, or posting numerous tweets of other people saying, he is starving poor kids to death.
Precisely.
As I proposed earlier, they should have pledged to match fund donations. If they had done that, Rashford and his Labour fan club would be squabbling amongst themselves right now rather than doing a victory lap.
What are the apparent benefits to the UK of the large contributions made with taxpayers' money to other nations?
I think we used to have a sort of business investment fund that invested in poorer parts of the world in return for some of the profits, which sounds mutually beneficial and sensible, but believe Brown axed that.
I think the bottom line is that merging the two departments is a very good idea. I agree with Richard Nabavi that the timing suggests some Brexit deal features that Tory backbenchers aren't going to like.
It would be interesting to get some kind of breakdown on the 233 new reported deaths. Are the majority now in care homes?
The ONS has figures on location of covid deaths: care homes increased steadily to a peak of ~45%ish a month ago, then declined to around a third now. This is actual date of death so a more accurate picture than the daily numbers, but only until Jun5th.
The guy below posts breakdowns of the daily figures:
Watching the government hurling your tax money at feeding the poor, and at the same time being castigated for being responsible for rampant childhood .....er......obesity.
We can't have them obese kids going hungry though....er......right?
It would be interesting to get some kind of breakdown on the 233 new reported deaths. Are the majority now in care homes?
The ONS has figures on location of covid deaths: care homes increased steadily to a peak of ~45%ish a month ago, then declined to around a third now. This is actual date of death so a more accurate picture than the daily numbers, but only until Jun5th.
The guy below posts breakdowns of the daily figures:
Oh? I can only assume in that case that those PHE numbers, which are the largest contributor, include a LOT of deaths where reporting has been significantly delayed then? Unless the percentage of people dying of this thing at home is rising, which doesn't seem logical.
Hopefully once the backlog of delayed reporting has been cleared the daily totals will fall off a cliff.
Today's numbers are beyond microscopic by normal Tuesday standards – usually by far the worst day of the week by reporting day because of weekend lag.
When is the government going to confirm a clear timetable for lockdown release?
Shops are open but the hospitality sector is in dire need of certainty – it's the backbone of Britain and we need to salvage as much as we can from the summer and revive the British tourism sector quick sharp.
My sources tell me that testing is implying between 15% and 20% of people in London have antibodies. This is imo quite a good number. It's not the "iceberg" but it does seem as if there has been plenty of asymptomatic infection. That was a bad thing at the start of the epidemic since it hastened the spread - lots of people not knowing they have the virus and going around shedding it - but at a certain point it becomes a net good thing because of the dampening impact of significant 'community immunity' (what a lovely sounding term!). Perhaps we have passed that tipping point now.
Daily Covid hospital deaths for the London region, June 1st onwards:
The last date on which a double digit number was recorded was last Tuesday, June 9th. The population of London exceeds that of Scotland and Wales combined and, needless to say, lives at a vastly higher density, so that can't be anything other than encouraging?
"By the time eight-year-old Lee Ji-ho is bundled out the door for his one day a week of in-class schooling, his mother has already completed an online form detailing his temperature, any signs of a cough or other respiratory complaints, and whether any family members have recently arrived home from overseas or are in quarantine.
"Once at school in Seoul’s Seocho district, he sits metres apart from classmates and is instructed not to talk to friends — not even during lunch, where instead he eats in solitude, separated from the other children by a plastic divider."
Today's numbers are beyond microscopic by normal Tuesday standards – usually by far the worst day of the week by reporting day because of weekend lag.
When is the government going to confirm a clear timetable for lockdown release?
Shops are open but the hospitality sector is in dire need of certainty – it's the backbone of Britain and we need to salvage as much as we can from the summer and revive the British tourism sector quick sharp.
My sources tell me that testing is implying between 15% and 20% of people in London have antibodies. This is imo quite a good number. It's not the "iceberg" but it does seem as if there has been plenty of asymptomatic infection. That was a bad thing at the start of the epidemic since it hastened the spread - lots of people not knowing they have the virus and going around shedding it - but at a certain point it becomes a net good thing because of the dampening impact of significant 'community immunity' (what a lovely sounding term!). Perhaps we have passed that tipping point now.
It would seem so. London’s average death rate is now lower than in non-Covid times, at least according to a story I read today. Time for action!
Abolish all these stupid knighthoods, honours etc. Everyone does a job, some better than others, some have a gift for something, so what, thats life. Cancel the whole damn system, its an anachronism that desereves to be be to bed. Away with it I say. ASre we a forward thinking democracy or just bent on issuing priveleges to the few.
The receptor binding domain of the viral spike protein is an immunodominant and highly specific target of antibodies in SARS-CoV-2 patients https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/5/48/eabc8413 ...Currently, the virus infection in individuals and at the population level is being monitored by PCR testing of symptomatic patients for the presence of viral RNA. There is an urgent need for SARS-CoV-2 serologic tests to identify all infected individuals, irrespective of clinical symptoms, to conduct surveillance and implement strategies to contain spread. As the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein is poorly conserved between SARS-CoVs and other pathogenic human coronaviruses, the RBD represents a promising antigen for detecting CoV-specific antibodies in people. Here we use a large panel of human sera (63 SARS-CoV-2 patients and 71 control subjects) and hyperimmune sera from animals exposed to zoonotic CoVs to evaluate RBD's performance as an antigen for reliable detection of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies. By day 9 after the onset of symptoms, the recombinant SARS-CoV-2 RBD antigen was highly sensitive (98%) and specific (100%) for antibodies induced by SARS-CoVs. We observed a strong correlation between levels of RBD binding antibodies and SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies in patients. Our results, which reveal the early kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses, support using the RBD antigen in serological diagnostic assays and RBD-specific antibody levels as a correlate of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies in people....
The short term impact will be that 'our officials won't be feted so much at those fab overseas receptions'
So speaks someone whose knowledge of diplomatic receptions is gleaned from Ferrero Rochet adverts. The reality is a lot less glamorous. Based on my experience of the FCO and DFID my only hope is that this is a reverse takeover. DFID is a genuinely world beating organisation, the FCO... not so much.
LOL, biggest bunch of money wasters and inefficiency ever known to man.
It would be interesting to get some kind of breakdown on the 233 new reported deaths. Are the majority now in care homes?
The ONS has figures on location of covid deaths: care homes increased steadily to a peak of ~45%ish a month ago, then declined to around a third now. This is actual date of death so a more accurate picture than the daily numbers, but only until Jun5th.
The guy below posts breakdowns of the daily figures:
Oh? I can only assume in that case that those PHE numbers, which are the largest contributor, include a LOT of deaths where reporting has been significantly delayed then? Unless the percentage of people dying of this thing at home is rising, which doesn't seem logical.
Hopefully once the backlog of delayed reporting has been cleared the daily totals will fall off a cliff.
Today's numbers are beyond microscopic by normal Tuesday standards – usually by far the worst day of the week by reporting day because of weekend lag.
When is the government going to confirm a clear timetable for lockdown release?
Shops are open but the hospitality sector is in dire need of certainty – it's the backbone of Britain and we need to salvage as much as we can from the summer and revive the British tourism sector quick sharp.
My sources tell me that testing is implying between 15% and 20% of people in London have antibodies. This is imo quite a good number. It's not the "iceberg" but it does seem as if there has been plenty of asymptomatic infection. That was a bad thing at the start of the epidemic since it hastened the spread - lots of people not knowing they have the virus and going around shedding it - but at a certain point it becomes a net good thing because of the dampening impact of significant 'community immunity' (what a lovely sounding term!). Perhaps we have passed that tipping point now.
Daily Covid hospital deaths for the London region, June 1st onwards:
The last date on which a double digit number was recorded was last Tuesday, June 9th. The population of London exceeds that of Scotland and Wales combined and, needless to say, lives at a vastly higher density, so that can't be anything other than encouraging?
It’s extremely encouraging - be good to see some serious analysis on the London phenomenon. Especially since this was the pariah city on PB...
‘Dickheads in London’ would cause a second spike thanks to their canoodling and frolicking in the April warm spells, or so we were assured on PB.
Single parent, two children, working part-time earning £7,500 per year gets:
Child tax credits £477.87 every 4 weeks (ie £119 per week) Working tax credits of £360.80 every 4 weeks (ie £90 per week)
They will also get child benefit of £35 per week (£21.05 1st child, £13.95 2nd child)
Can anyone explain what the child tax credits and child benefit (total £154 per week) is for if it isn't to feed your children?
In total such a person is getting per year £12,688 benefits + £7,500 earnings (zero tax/NI) to give total of £20,188 cash in their pocket.
And they can't buy their children lunch?
If you think that these facts carry any weight in a world in which a right wing Tory clique is running the country and starving 1,300,000 children because they enjoy inflicting suffering on innocent small people you have another think coming.
They seem to be taking absolutely no chances whatsoever, which is understandable, also given their success with dealing with the pandemic so far. Am I right in thinking this is actually about cases imported from Europe to a meat market by salmon, and they've actually only had cases, rather than deaths resulting from that, so far ?
The last date on which a double digit number was recorded was last Tuesday, June 9th. The population of London exceeds that of Scotland and Wales combined and, needless to say, lives at a vastly higher density, so that can't be anything other than encouraging?
It does look all over bar the shouting here in London. At least for now. Caveat is there is still a lot of distancing atm. If this were to change the virus could get going again but I would foresee a second peak - of about one third the previous one - rather than a second wave. But that is just London. We have a nice bank of antibodies here. There is the rest of the country to think about. The rest of the world too - as much as we would prefer it not to exist, it does.
They seem to be taking absolutely no chances whatsoever, which is understandable, also given their success with dealing with the pandemic so far. Am I right in thinking this is actually about cases imported from Europe to a meat market by salmon, and they've actually only had cases, rather than deaths resulting from that, so far ?
Try not to be rational. Only hyperbole and hysteria will be tolerated.
It would be interesting to get some kind of breakdown on the 233 new reported deaths. Are the majority now in care homes?
The ONS has figures on location of covid deaths: care homes increased steadily to a peak of ~45%ish a month ago, then declined to around a third now. This is actual date of death so a more accurate picture than the daily numbers, but only until Jun5th.
The guy below posts breakdowns of the daily figures:
Oh? I can only assume in that case that those PHE numbers, which are the largest contributor, include a LOT of deaths where reporting has been significantly delayed then? Unless the percentage of people dying of this thing at home is rising, which doesn't seem logical.
Hopefully once the backlog of delayed reporting has been cleared the daily totals will fall off a cliff.
Today's numbers are beyond microscopic by normal Tuesday standards – usually by far the worst day of the week by reporting day because of weekend lag.
When is the government going to confirm a clear timetable for lockdown release?
Shops are open but the hospitality sector is in dire need of certainty – it's the backbone of Britain and we need to salvage as much as we can from the summer and revive the British tourism sector quick sharp.
My sources tell me that testing is implying between 15% and 20% of people in London have antibodies. This is imo quite a good number. It's not the "iceberg" but it does seem as if there has been plenty of asymptomatic infection. That was a bad thing at the start of the epidemic since it hastened the spread - lots of people not knowing they have the virus and going around shedding it - but at a certain point it becomes a net good thing because of the dampening impact of significant 'community immunity' (what a lovely sounding term!). Perhaps we have passed that tipping point now.
Daily Covid hospital deaths for the London region, June 1st onwards:
The last date on which a double digit number was recorded was last Tuesday, June 9th. The population of London exceeds that of Scotland and Wales combined and, needless to say, lives at a vastly higher density, so that can't be anything other than encouraging?
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https://twitter.com/Conflits_FR/status/1272903091898195968?s=20
We are in a genuinely terrifying dystopian movie
Arizona
PPP (D)* 6/22 - 6/23 691 RV 3.7 44 40 Trump +4
OH Predictive Insights 6/20 - 6/20 1060 LV 3.0 42 47 Clinton +5
Michigan (May/July, no June polls)
CBS News/YouGov* 7/13 - 7/15 1201 LV 4.1 42 39 Clinton +3
MRG* 7/11 - 7/15 800 LV 3.5 34 29 Clinton +5
Mitchell Research 7/5 - 7/11 600 LV 4.0 40 34 Clinton +6
Gravis 7/7 - 7/8 1562 A 2.4 48 41 Clinton +7
Detroit News 5/24 - 5/26 600 LV 4.0 43 39 Clinton +4
Wisconsin
PPP (D)* 6/22 - 6/23 843 RV 3.4 47 39 Clinton +8
CBS News/YouGov 6/21 - 6/24 993 LV 4.3 41 36 Clinton +5
Marquette 6/6 - 6/9 666 LV 4.9 46 37 Clinton +9
Pennsylvania
Quinnipiac 6/30 - 7/11 982 RV 3.1 41 43 Trump +2
NBC/WSJ/Marist 7/5 - 7/10 829 RV 3.4 45 36 Clinton +9
Gravis* 6/27 - 6/28 1958 RV 2.2 50 48 Clinton +2
PPP (D)* 6/22 - 6/23 980 RV 3.1 46 42 Clinton +4
Quinnipiac 6/8 - 6/19 950 RV 3.2 42 41 Clinton +1
PPP (D) 6/3 - 6/5 1106 RV 3.0 44 44 Tie
WI was an almighty miss right through November but the rest of the polling is better for Biden than it was for Clinton. You won't make money relying on polling as bad as Wisconsin in the long run.
https://twitter.com/LPLdirect/status/1272886192007188480?s=20
Been some colourful characters here over the last year or so.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53063278
''poorest in the world absolutely destitute...blah blah blah''
But they've got a space programme.
''Well true but these really are the poorest, more poor blah''
But they've got a space programme
''extreme poverty, destitution, unimaginable conditions''
But they've got a space programme. We don't have a space programme...
Mr. Above/Mr. Password, cheers for those answers.
I have some sympathy with much of that. But given that taxpayers' money is finite (despite recent furloughing) I don't see why DFID, alongside only Health, got ringfenced when every other department had to make substantial cuts.
We could do with more money for the courts, and I'd sooner have a well-functioning judicial system here than spending money overseas.
https://twitter.com/themetskipper/status/1272810439320252416?s=20
I am genuinely worried for the future of the West. I wrote about it here:
https://unherd.com/2020/06/the-disturbing-history-of-statue-smashing/
https://twitter.com/drjennings/status/1272906034613534720?s=20
by specimen date -
Today's numbers are beyond microscopic by normal Tuesday standards – usually by far the worst day of the week by reporting day because of weekend lag.
When is the government going to confirm a clear timetable for lockdown release?
Shops are open but the hospitality sector is in dire need of certainty – it's the backbone of Britain and we need to salvage as much as we can from the summer and revive the British tourism sector quick sharp.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/878395/Statistics-on-International-Development-Provisional-UK-Aid-Spend-2019.pdf
It's good that governments are capable of engaging with the debate and changing their minds.
That's actually one of the few things I like about Boris' premiership – he is willing to change his mind following a public debate on policy matters.
But people should be able to get to their own damned caravans already.
Basic reproductive rate of the virus hasn't changed all that much since the start of lockdown (Gone up slightly as restrictions have eased I think), the power of keeping it below 1/ compound interest (in reverse)
The NHS England total has declined from 129 last Tuesday to 79 this Tuesday. Also, only three of those were in London.
Given we are paying more than most other wealthy countries lobbying for a level playing field would be one of my priorities in this area.
8 in Colorado and New Mexico
4 in Virginia
2 in Nevada
1.5 in Florida
1 in Arizona
-4.2 in Georgia
These polling averages a clearly quite a bit higher.
See the graph at - https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk.
Tuesday and Wednesday are highest.
I am certainly far, far warier this time out in interpreting the American state polling.
Trump is fucking toast though.
As I proposed earlier, they should have pledged to match fund donations. If they had done that, Rashford and his Labour fan club would be squabbling amongst themselves right now rather than doing a victory lap.
The guy below posts breakdowns of the daily figures:
https://twitter.com/RP131/status/1272898297267699714
Watching the government hurling your tax money at feeding the poor, and at the same time being castigated for being responsible for rampant childhood .....er......obesity.
We can't have them obese kids going hungry though....er......right?
Depressing images coming out of Iran again: usually an ominous sign
https://twitter.com/Laaask2/status/1272917034549075969?s=20
https://twitter.com/institutegc/status/1259075645595725824
In France, aid budgets are explicitly for the promotion of French interests. Want a power station? Sure, but Alstom and Lafarge are building it.
Single parent, two children, working part-time earning £7,500 per year gets:
Child tax credits £477.87 every 4 weeks (ie £119 per week)
Working tax credits of £360.80 every 4 weeks (ie £90 per week)
They will also get child benefit of £35 per week (£21.05 1st child, £13.95 2nd child)
Can anyone explain what the child tax credits and child benefit (total £154 per week) is for if it isn't to feed your children?
In total such a person is getting per year £12,688 benefits + £7,500 earnings (zero tax/NI) to give total of £20,188 cash in their pocket.
And they can't buy their children lunch?
Hopefully once the backlog of delayed reporting has been cleared the daily totals will fall off a cliff. Daily Covid hospital deaths for the London region, June 1st onwards:
9, 13, 30, 8, 10, 5, 4, 0, 17, 7, 3, 8, 3, 3, 5, 3
The last date on which a double digit number was recorded was last Tuesday, June 9th. The population of London exceeds that of Scotland and Wales combined and, needless to say, lives at a vastly higher density, so that can't be anything other than encouraging?
What's more, even if you "contain" the virus, life is seriously dystopian.
Look at this FT article on South Korea (££)
Schoolkids in plastic boxes. No social interaction allowed
https://www.ft.com/content/d68d6292-0486-4bfc-bf5c-54ce850a3f7a
"By the time eight-year-old Lee Ji-ho is bundled out the door for his one day a week of in-class schooling, his mother has already completed an online form detailing his temperature, any signs of a cough or other respiratory complaints, and whether any family members have recently arrived home from overseas or are in quarantine.
"Once at school in Seoul’s Seocho district, he sits metres apart from classmates and is instructed not to talk to friends — not even during lunch, where instead he eats in solitude, separated from the other children by a plastic divider."
https://twitter.com/CityAM/status/1272921512450772992?s=20
Are the extremists concerned that covidphobia is dwindling? Send for Sean!
https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/5/48/eabc8413
...Currently, the virus infection in individuals and at the population level is being monitored by PCR testing of symptomatic patients for the presence of viral RNA. There is an urgent need for SARS-CoV-2 serologic tests to identify all infected individuals, irrespective of clinical symptoms, to conduct surveillance and implement strategies to contain spread. As the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein is poorly conserved between SARS-CoVs and other pathogenic human coronaviruses, the RBD represents a promising antigen for detecting CoV-specific antibodies in people. Here we use a large panel of human sera (63 SARS-CoV-2 patients and 71 control subjects) and hyperimmune sera from animals exposed to zoonotic CoVs to evaluate RBD's performance as an antigen for reliable detection of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies. By day 9 after the onset of symptoms, the recombinant SARS-CoV-2 RBD antigen was highly sensitive (98%) and specific (100%) for antibodies induced by SARS-CoVs. We observed a strong correlation between levels of RBD binding antibodies and SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies in patients. Our results, which reveal the early kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses, support using the RBD antigen in serological diagnostic assays and RBD-specific antibody levels as a correlate of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies in people....
‘Dickheads in London’ would cause a second spike thanks to their canoodling and frolicking in the April warm spells, or so we were assured on PB.
But those dogs never barked.
Why not?
Sorry Sean T
Essentially, on weekends, reporting of non-hospital deaths pretty much stops.