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11K per week extra dead than average
Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional - Office for National Statistics -
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Tale of Two Economies Will Determine Post-Lockdown Growth
"The restart of the world economy risks going ahead without a key ingredient: the consumer." Interesting report from Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-26/tale-of-two-economies-will-determine-post-lockdown-growth?srnd=premium-europe- Martin@AS Financial
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Covid-19 gone from New Zealand
Coronavirus: New Zealand claims no community cases as lockdown eases - BBC News That's how it's done Boris! No new cases and 19 dead in total. I'm sure we are comparing like for like :rolleyes: -
Ask Boris...
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It's just a mild flu, lets get back to work everyone is screaming
Diary of an NHS doctor: 'Patient's family asks me not to tell him his twin brother has died' | Daily Mail Online :( -
FFS how hard is it
“ But the government website closed to new applicants within hours of the Friday launch, after 46,000 people tried to access it. Home testing kits became unavailable less than 15 minutes after bookings reopened on Saturday morning. Some 16,000 bookings were made. Tests at drive-through sites... -
Finally a solution - ‘Covid-secure’ offices to get Britain back to work
“ A Treasury proposal to “get Britain back to work” includes plans to ensure that offices and workplaces are free from coronavirus. Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, is drawing up measures to allow non-essential businesses to reopen in a “safe and practical way”. Businesses will have to put up signs... -
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WHO says recovery from Covid may not prevent reinfection
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-25/catching-covid-19-may-not-shield-against-new-infection-who-says :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: I'm going back to work on Monday after > 1 month off. Luckily remote. The only other person I know who had it (and confirmed with a test as they are... -
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Is a an economic depression coming?
Toying with cretins on another thread and I thought what's going to happen to them if a great depression is on the cards as some economists think. Not going to be pretty is it? 5 Economists Who Say This Recession Will Be the Next Great Depression However there will be opportunities to get... -
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Chaos as Corona virus test site for key workers closes after a few hours
Coronavirus: Test website closes after 'significant demand' - BBC News :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: The words "couldn't", "pissup" and "brewery" come to mind. Meanwhile about 100 NHS staff have died from Covid: Coronavirus UK: More than 100 frontline workers thought to have died | Metro... -
Who are SAGE?
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Sit Back and Relax. We're Here for at least a Year
There is an "incredibly small" chance of having a highly effective vaccine or treatment for the coronavirus within the next year, England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said today. "Until we have highly effective vaccines and/or highly effective drugs - and the probability of having those... -
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UK official COVID death figure is hugely underestimated ...
... according to this research that brings in ONS figures: UK coronavirus deaths more than double official figure according to FT study | Free to read | Financial Times Shocking how many are dying in care homes and at home. Those dying at home is particularly concerning - the 111 advice... -
Shocking, totally unexpected surprise
“ Government will not commit to a public inquiry on coronavirus response Dominic Raab has said that he would not commit to holding a public inquiry into the government's handling of the coronavirus epidemic. "I have to say I won't take up his offer of committing to a public inquiry. I think... -
The end of (extreme) right wingers
We've got the cretins in the USA against a lockdown, especially those with their guns, what are they going to do, shoot the virus? Then there are people like Trump, Bolsonaro, Erdogan, etc who think it's all a joke and last weekend we had the right wing German extremists out in Berlin: Kritik an... -
Second Wave
“ There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through,” CDC Director Robert Redfield said in an interview with The Washington Post. “And when I’ve said this to others, they kind of put their head... -
Digital contact tracing will fail unless privacy is respected, experts warn
Digital contact tracing will fail unless governments build the technology in a way that respects user privacy, a group of “nearly 300 experts have warned. If public health bodies like the NHS build centralised contact tracing apps that transmit superfluous data they will struggle to win the... -
More good news
Just in case any of you gloomsters are feeling smug, Michael Gove has confirmed that the UK will meet its 10,000 tests per day by the end of April target. So put that in yer pipe and smoke it. -
Self Sufficiency
This is the new mantra, Britain should move all the badly paid jobs back and move people from highly paid "cushy" office jobs providing services in a globalised market to working 12 hour days to churn out PPE for the NHS. I have a feeling this won't work Discuss- BlasterBates
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Belgium and UK have the highest COVID case fatality rates (CFR)
Yes I know the data is incomplete and things will come out in the wash, but its already clear that Germany, for example, will never be close. It's also worth noting that Belgium includes community deaths as well, but the UK is only counting hospital deaths. I suspect if community deaths are...
