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I find the above chart absolutely fascinating because it shows very dramatically the changes in the public’s perception of how the pandemic is going. We are not back to the May to July period but there has been a lot of movement in in the past few days. A 32% to 54% jump is massive.
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Very interesting
BTW, it's lattes, no apostrophe.
Bang we are all on precautionary lockdown again with the precedent of the current rules as no future government will risk a rerun of Covid. These events come often enough that we will spend more time under restriction than not
Spanish Flu was worse in the 2nd wave. The 2nd wave is generally the grimmest. This is how these bastards work,
Will 2024 be a repeat of 2010?
If we must lose then I can live with that.
In which case the Project Moonshot testing has a higher than average chance of turning into an expensive white elephant.
Please note before someone has a go at me as I usually get told off I didn't start on CHB
So far the second wave seems to be less deadly than the first. Of course the little bastard might be biding its time, to lull us into a false sense of security.
But we can play the game another way. It’s 2022 and everyone has seen through the fog of the covid crisis and seen it for what it really was. And then Disease X really does hit. But the boy had cried wolf in 2020...
I know it’s all a bit Species 2 but with an exciting age of space exploration finally about to dawn, I do personally worry a little bit what pathogens might come back from Mars a decade from now.
But I didn't realise we were both 12 and it was "he started it".
Who cares, maybe just lighten up a bit?
ust the virus, or the virus + the reaction to it? My guess is that the jump is due to people realising that furlough is coming to an end.
At my wife (81) and my (77) ages and with our underling conditions including copd, covid has always been a real concern, not just for us but our entire family, and it was evident in March that covid was not going to be defeated without a vaccine which often take years to develop
It is therefore true that neither of us expected it to be over in six months
Irresponsible
So overall I`m more optimistic now than I was then.
At least they're not saying Christmas can be saved by the Ghost of Diana.
If Starmer purges Corbyn and his fellow travellers from labour and moves to the centre he has a good chance especially if Boris is still there(and I really hope he is gone long before)
Basically the odd dynamics of WW1 meant that the more severe strains from Wave 1 spread better (really sick soldiers were sent home) which is why Wave 2 was so horrible.
For most infections, you'd expect Wave 2 to be less bad (and I think that happens) simply because management and treatment are better worked out, what with how clever humans are. My memory of March is government messaging being obsessed with Spanish Flu, as part of the "it's best to get people infected this summer" theory. When the Inquiry comes, that needs following up.
Alternatively he could grow a fucking backbone, sack Hancock, Whitty and Vallance, and start to treat the country like grown ups.
Some of the technology it would require does not yet exist.
Here we go again
But thank you
Mission control and now Moonshot, FFS...
Talking of which, serious respect:
https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/1302375808649121792
Like the sporting calendar maybe we'll be forced to reschedule it to May, or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzWEMX2RIV0&ab_channel=JimHeath
1:36:30 Kerry wins MA.
1:36:50 Biden wins Delaware ! Considered a presidential candidate in 88...
1:42:33 Clinton elected Governor of Arkansas
Lol
This is a matter purely for political geeks. Unfortunately she is absolutely right that those geeks are sitting in Congress, do understand the issues and will be extremely pissed by the actions of the UK in reneging on an international treaty - particularly one involving Ireland.
Weren't they saying a problem with testing is symptomless people getting uneccesarilt tested. Therefore sounds to me if anything more likely to be under reporting
Please note - I'm not in favour of this idea. But if there's money to burn...
This one kicked in, across the world, in the early spring for the northern hemisphere.
So the 2nd round was bound to be tougher, I think. Also, 2nd rounds are often worse, overall
https://www.travellingtabby.com/uk-coronavirus-tracker/
If everyone stayed at home for a month then by the end of the month we would have hundreds of thousands or millions dead. Every single person who can not look after themselves 100% perfectly, who relies upon others to survive would perish.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54092960
There's no way it's not more than 1 now, not with the attempts in the last couple of months to try and have most things opened up again.
And ultimately 1.1, 1.5, does it make much difference? They're still exponential growth, just different speeds.
If they say Yes, then let them Go Fish in the Shannon. So be it. We leave NATO, Five Eyes, and the rest. With all that means for the USA.
If not, then let them be silent, on this.
It's time for Britain to assume its rightful place in the world, no higher than it should be, but no lower, either. We are a major yet secondary power, we are entitled to our independence. The Yanks can do one, if they seek to bully us,
It wouldn't surprise me if post-COVID we get a period of sustained economic growth at pretty much record levels in recent decades.
There's routine "test people who are ill, and people who they've met (whether they're ill or not), and isolate the infected, and break the chains" testing. Which the WHO have been pushing for months. Boring, ballsachingly boring. But effective against every other germy disease known to man.
And there's Boris's Project. Everyone has a quick test every day, so they know if they have to stay home. It would be brilliant. Put all the thinking into the test device. Great if it can be done, but there's no sign that it can be.
Like The App (whatever became of that?), this has the feel of a tech gimmick to save the government from actually thinking through the boring details of how to keep people safe. You could pay a lot of council contact tracers and bribe a lot of people to stay at home for the sums being suggested.
This could develop into a key question over then next few weeks. (I know hospitalisations increased last week, but from a very low base after months of dramatic falls.)
File alongside 'Oven-ready Deal' and 'World-beating App'.