Rate of infection slowing down.



tunstallhill said:
all these graphs and numbers and that, surely the only number that can be used as fair barometer is actual number of deaths?
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Agree . The fact we aren’t doing much testing but plan to increase it means the stats will surely look worse from an infection rate?
Deaths is the only reliable stat and that’s not really accurate either.
I hope they’ve timed this lockdown right because I suspect it won’t get a good reaction in a few weeks time when reality hits home
 
Stevie Freestein II said:
If I catch it then I am blaming Aldi.
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I wouldn't be surprised if supermarkets are the super spreaders. Before they introduced a modicum of order they were free for alls. Haven't been in one for abiut three weeks but can't get a delivery slot for love nor money despite using Sainsburys delivery for the last 6 years or so, working for the NHS and Sainsburys saying they were "allocating" slots fairly :rolleyes:
 
Wood Green Mackem said:
Agree . The fact we aren’t doing much testing but plan to increase it means the stats will surely look worse from an infection rate?
Deaths is the only reliable stat and that’s not really accurate either.
I hope they’ve timed this lockdown right because I suspect it won’t get a good reaction in a few weeks time when reality hits home
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It’s not so long ago that we were told that the death rate would double every 3/4 days, at the moment it certainly isn’t doing that
 
The government health expert has just repeated that the objective is to keep the curve just below the NHS ITU capacity.

This implies that they want a controlled spread of the virus.

As they are massively increasing the ITU capacity this implies that they will be tweeking the restrictions to allow further spread so the country will eventually get herd immunity so that we can all go back to normal asap.
 
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SurreyMackem said:
The government health expert has just repeated that the objective is to keep the curve just below the NHS ITU capacity.

This implies that they want a controlled spread of the virus.

As they are massively increasing the ITU capacity this implies that they will be tweeking the restrictions to allow further spread so the country will eventually get herd immunity so that we can all go back to normal.
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Exactly. Just gave the analogy to my youngest about releasing the top on a bottle of shaken coke. Release it, tighten it, release it, tighten it. Could be done region by region too.
 
Lord Alfred said:
I wouldn't be surprised if supermarkets are the super spreaders. Before they introduced a modicum of order they were free for alls. Haven't been in one for abiut three weeks but can't get a delivery slot for love nor money despite using Sainsburys delivery for the last 6 years or so, working for the NHS and Sainsburys saying they were "allocating" slots fairly :rolleyes:
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We managed to get a Sainsbury’s delivery slot then the Mrs cancelled it as she wants to go to Asda!!!????

Apparently their slots are dependent on the staff availability so it might be worth checking regularly. We have had delivery passes for the past few years but we aren’t ‘essential’ workers, unless a teacher counts.
 
Aye people had us tracking with Italy a week or so ago and we’re gradually getting further and further from that. Almost half what Italy had at this point on that measurement.
 
Stevie Freestein II said:
We managed to get a Sainsbury’s delivery slot then the Mrs cancelled it as she wants to go to Asda!!!????

Apparently their slots are dependent on the staff availability so it might be worth checking regularly. We have had delivery passes for the past few years but we aren’t ‘essential’ workers, unless a teacher counts.
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I think we're just going to pop in to various ones during their "NHS hours" Might give M&S a try.
 
Botchie said:
The plan is working. In a few weeks time everyone will be wondering why we didn't have nowhere near as many cases as what was being predicted.
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Wrong
Jap Stammer said:
Careful now - you'll have the Death, Doom and Gloom brigade jumping all over you for daring to display any form of positive attitude.
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bahtat said:
It’s not so long ago that we were told that the death rate would double every 3/4 days, at the moment it certainly isn’t doing that
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The UK now has an estimated 55,000 deaths. We have more Coronavirus deaths than Norway, Germany, Japan, Greece, Denmark, South Korea, Ireland, India, New Zealand, Argentina, Australia, Portugal, Taiwan, and the whole of Africa combined.

Yeah, the government has done brilliantly.
 

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