Coronavirus update - NO MORE RESTRICTIONS

[goats]

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Be interesting to see what the plan will be to end the lockdown. I think it’s time to tell everyone how long it will be, in what order they then plan to do things, ie small shops opening, working, schools, pubs etc.....clearly we will be in lockdown for at least another 3 weeks, probably a few more before things can change.

[tell it like it is]

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We're not close to thinking about what the exit strategy should be, certainly nowhere near Government stating publicly.

Announce it now, moron element will then break lockdown, citing the exit strategy as something that would happen anyway.

[xsnaggle]

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We're not close to thinking about what the exit strategy should be, certainly nowhere near Government stating publicly.

Announce it now, moron element will then break lockdown, citing the exit strategy as something that would happen anyway.

Announcing the plan now is what Sir keith is demanding. so then when it doesn't go exactly that way he can point the finger and say "You lied" or "You failed" Its easy to stand outside the tent and throw stones in, specially with hindsight..

[Elwood Blues]

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She definitely does but that will become the smear for any scientist whose analysis points the finger at the government.

And of course any scientist who produces an analysis defending the government is just a lackey of them!

[Croesy Blue]

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And of course any scientist who produces an analysis defending the government is just a lackey of them!

What analysis has been produced that defends the government?

[jon1959]

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We're not close to thinking about what the exit strategy should be, certainly nowhere near Government stating publicly.

Announce it now, moron element will then break lockdown, citing the exit strategy as something that would happen anyway.

I bet the government is doing little else.

You are right that they will resist stating it publicly - until they have no option.

[the other bob wilson]

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Announcing the plan now is what Sir keith is demanding. so then when it doesn't go exactly that way he can point the finger and say "You lied" or "You failed" Its easy to stand outside the tent and throw stones in, specially with hindsight..

You mean Her Majesty's Opposition would be doing what opposition parties have been doing for centuries?

[goats]

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We're not close to thinking about what the exit strategy should be, certainly nowhere near Government stating publicly.

Announce it now, moron element will then break lockdown, citing the exit strategy as something that would happen anyway.

Not so sure, think it’s been followed very well here in Cardiff and friends in most places around England say the same. Tell us another 3 weeks and most will cope seeing an end game.....there’s nothing worse than being in limbo state for us humans.

[xsnaggle]

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You mean Her Majesty's Opposition would be doing what opposition parties have been doing for centuries?

LOL well spotted

[CCFCC3PO]

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Announcing the plan now is what Sir keith is demanding. so then when it doesn't go exactly that way he can point the finger and say "You lied" or "You failed" Its easy to stand outside the tent and throw stones in, specially with hindsight..

Conversely, announcing the plan now could reduce skepticism in some sectors of the community meaning that lockdowns will be easier to enforce.

[Eric Cartman]

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And of course any scientist who produces an analysis defending the government is just a lackey of them!

Yeah perhaps. Not by me though.

[xsnaggle]

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I expected a very big spike in death toll today after the long weekend, as there is normally one after every weekend, but sad though each death is it doesn't look as bad as it could be. Perhaps we are getting over the top of the curve?

[CCFCC3PO]

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I expected a very big spike in death toll today after the long weekend, as there is normally one after every weekend, but sad though each death is it doesn't look as bad as it could be. Perhaps we are getting over the top of the curve?

Hospital admissions seem to be plateauing which offers encouragement that the lockdown is having a positive effect on flattening the curves. Three of the last four days have seen fewer than 5000 new cases being reported too.

[surge]

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On 23/02/2020 Steve Hilton (former strategy adviser to David Cameron during coalition years) appeared in the news again promoting a study saying 130,000 people had lost their lives due to austerity politics. As with every study, there are limitation to report he was describing, however today* marks the first day that the recorded deaths for coronavirus world-wide has passed this 130,000 figure.

Coronavirus has quite rightly dominated news lately so perhaps an interesting comparison to something that was largely accepted at the time.

*some records have date as yesterday rather than today.

[the other bob wilson]

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A big adjustment to previous figures from Wuhan overnight;-

"alert Wuhan (China), the epicenter of the pandemic, today reported 1,290 additional deaths that had not been previously counted and reported, bringing the total number of deaths in Wuhan from 2,579 to 3,869, an increase of 50%, as the result of a revision by the Wuhan New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control. As part of this revision, 325 additional cases in Wuhan were also added. Separately, China's National Health Commission (NHC) reported 26 new cases (and no deaths) in its daily report."

Taken from;-

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china/