ABZ

Makes sense - about 3 weeks after lockdown. Hopefully, like Italy, we see numbers declining next week (the hospital admissions would tentatively support this). (View Post)

For interpreting the number of tests, I found the following (from https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/about) quite interesting: "Data were previously shown by reporting date. The reporting date is t… (View Post)

Albeit... "The study, conducted from 1-6 April, tested 1,554 people. It did not involve antibody tests, which can tell whether a person was previously infected and is therefore probably immune. … (View Post)

I'm also struggling to parse the figures. If we have 60,000 diagnosed cases (most with more serious symptoms in hospital) and there are 10 times as many mild cases, that gives 600,000 total. If 30% o… (View Post)

That tweet is really poorly phrased (I wasn't able to listen to the press conference). Did Patrick Vallance state that 30% of the cases were asymptomatic (i.e., 70% have symptoms) or that 30% of the … (View Post)