Coronavirus update - NO MORE RESTRICTIONS

[the other bob wilson]

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https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-a...mpression=true

According to this:-

https://www.citymetric.com/skylines/where-are-largest-cities-britain-1404

London has a slightly bigger population than Qingdao - how long would it take for the whole of London to be tested I wonder?

[Rjk]

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According to this:-

https://www.citymetric.com/skylines/where-are-largest-cities-britain-1404

London has a slightly bigger population than Qingdao - how long would it take for the whole of London to be tested I wonder?

I'm sure there are a lot more than 12 cases in London as well.

[Rjk]

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According to this:-

https://www.citymetric.com/skylines/where-are-largest-cities-britain-1404

London has a slightly bigger population than Qingdao - how long would it take for the whole of London to be tested I wonder?

as an aside, I fully respect the lengths that guy has gone to to win an argument on Twitter about how big Sheffield is.

[Dorcus]

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as an aside, I fully respect the lengths that guy has gone to to win an argument on Twitter about how big Sheffield is.

Just read it... brilliant! Not going to get into any arguments about populations of cities again.

[Vindec]

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According to this:-

https://www.citymetric.com/skylines/where-are-largest-cities-britain-1404

London has a slightly bigger population than Qingdao - how long would it take for the whole of London to be tested I wonder?

The short answer to the question is a very long time. I know a lot of faith is being put into test and trace (t&t) and that the existing arrangements are a shambles. The system requires any person with a positive diagnosis to isolate and it seems only around 18% comply and 82% don't.

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/effective...on-and-support

However, any t&t system requires the population to cooperate and that isn't happening according to the independent statistics. It seems to me that t&t may not be the answer that many people believe although the government could do a lot better to communicate the need to adhere to the requirements.

[the other bob wilson]

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17,000 plus new cases and 143 deaths today.

[Monster munch]

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Sky news coverage pretty grim this evening. Hospitals almost at capacity in some areas of the north west for ventilators, a lot of people now saying a complete circuit breaker is needed for at least 2 weeks. And people are still meeting up in their houses and social clubs.

[Vindec]

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Sky news coverage pretty grim this evening. Hospitals almost at capacity in some areas of the north west for ventilators, a lot of people now saying a complete circuit breaker is needed for at least 2 weeks. And people are still meeting up in their houses and social clubs.

Starmer is now calling for a complete circuit breaker for 2-3 weeks. It's about time he woke up but I agree with him and so will the public most probably.

[xsnaggle]

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17,000 plus new cases and 143 deaths today.

But some of that, as before is catch-up from lower figures at the weekend.

[surge]

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Who Britons hold most responsible for the rise in coronavirus cases over the last month:

The public: 53%
The government: 28%

https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1315682866974650370

The percentage of people who hold neither the government or the public most responsible is pretty steady overall and then still with Conservative/Labour split but it's range is 9-10% whereas holding public more responsible varies from 29% (Labour voters) to 78% (Conservative voters).

[Jordi Culé]

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But some of that, as before is catch-up from lower figures at the weekend.

They don't count then?

[Jordi Culé]

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Starmer is now calling for a complete circuit breaker for 2-3 weeks. It's about time he woke up but I agree with him and so will the public most probably.

Perhaps the UK government should have implemented the circuit breaker as advised, by SAGE, a few weeks ago?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/12/ministers-rejected-four-out-five-proposals-from-sage-to-avert-covid-second-wave

Following the science.

[Dorcus]

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Perhaps the UK government should have implemented the circuit breaker as advised, by SAGE, a few weeks ago?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/12/ministers-rejected-four-out-five-proposals-from-sage-to-avert-covid-second-wave

Following the science.

Exactly! I hardly think it's Starmer who needs to wake up when we've Noddy in Slumberland in Downing Street. Lions led by donkeys springs to mind.

[LeningradCowboy]

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https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-excess-fatalities-how-pandemic-is-impacting-the-lives-and-deaths-of-those-who-dont-have-covid-12103141

Coronavirus excess fatalities: How pandemic is impacting the lives and deaths of those who don't have COVID

[LeningradCowboy]

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Thread: Throughout the pandemic there's been plenty of attention focused on #COVID19 deaths and on what’s happened in hospitals and in care homes - for obvious and understandable reasons. But for months there’s been another phenomenon which I find deeply unsettling.

— Ed Conway (@EdConwaySky) October 13, 2020