Coverage - uk / Italy

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Uk sadly pretty close to Italy’s ‘curve’ , likely 10/14 days behind.
However the uk media coverage seems to have been a lot more dramatic in coverage of Italy ? All very sad though. Signs that Italy is moving in right direction now though.
 


box2box said:
Uk sadly pretty close to Italy’s ‘curve’ , likely 10/14 days behind.
However the uk media coverage seems to have been a lot more dramatic in coverage of Italy ? All very sad though. Signs that Italy is moving in right direction now though.
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There was the shock factor with Italy, it was the first major European crisis. But what was shocking there has since become routine everywhere.
 
box2box said:
Uk sadly pretty close to Italy’s ‘curve’ , likely 10/14 days behind.
However the uk media coverage seems to have been a lot more dramatic in coverage of Italy ? All very sad though. Signs that Italy is moving in right direction now though.
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When they are showing the totals for deaths/positive tests in a manner similar to Sky Sports on transfer deadline day, that’s simply crass.
 
sonson said:
There was the shock factor with Italy, it was the first major European crisis. But what was shocking there has since become routine everywhere.
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exactly, considering the excel centre took 9 days to add 500 beds, those 10-14 days behind may seem like not very much but they make a huge difference
 
Bloody hell never knew this about Whittys fatha.

www.nytimes.com

BRITISH DIPLOMAT IS SHOT TO DEATH IN ATHENS (Published 1984)

An unidentified gunman, believed to be an Arab, killed a British diplomat in his car in downtown Athens today and seriously wounded one of three Greek women riding with him. The diplomat was identified as 44- year-old Kenneth T. Whitty, a first secretary at the British Embassy responsible for...
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When we get over 300 deaths a day it would be worrying.
 
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GuestServices said:
Really ?
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Worldometer gives deaths per million.

www.worldometers.info

Coronavirus Update (Live): 139,360,877 Cases and 2,991,750 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer

Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...
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sonson said:
There was the shock factor with Italy, it was the first major European crisis. But what was shocking there has since become routine everywhere.
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See you point, but I would also say Spain and China have had more ‘shock’ reporting generally by the uk media. Maybe BJs condition has affected reporting agenda .... just seems a little odd from uk media
 
Qwerty said:
France, Belgium, Netherlands all with a higher percentage of deaths per population but never get mentioned.
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In last 6 days deaths in Italy have risen by 27%. Spain by 47%. France by 140 percent. Netherlands by 68 percent. Belgium 122 percent. Germany 115 percent. Germans had the lowest total going in ofncourse but that’s worrisome. Italy is clearly winding down. Spain just a few days behind. France is frightening.
Uk in last 6 days is up 145 percent. Even higher than France
And US is up almost 160 percent. Highest of them all for this batch of countries. Which are the leaders other than China in terms of overall deaths.
So you us and France still poised at the brink of a much more horrible result
Sweden is up 123 percent. Switzerland up 68 percent. Denmark 77 percent. Brasil (this could be awful because they don’t have health or economic infrastructure) up 174 percent.
 
Qwerty said:
France, Belgium, Netherlands all with a higher percentage of deaths per population but never get mentioned.
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Exactly. France had considerably fewer deaths than us only last week. Its skyrocketed over there. Sick of seeing these articles saying we're ahead of other countries, changing their metrics every day to paint us in a bad light. Fair enough the data will change but they keep moving the goal posts by changing the start point or days included in the rolling average until they get the results they want.

Its awful here no question and its going to get worse but we're still better off than most comparable countries - Germany being the outlier (allegedly) due to how they are reporting Covid deaths.
 
box2box said:
Uk sadly pretty close to Italy’s ‘curve’ , likely 10/14 days behind.
However the uk media coverage seems to have been a lot more dramatic in coverage of Italy ? All very sad though. Signs that Italy is moving in right direction now though.
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Was just thinking that last night. On about we were just about to, or had, surpassed Italy's worst daily death rate, yet there still seems to be a feeling that it's currently not that bad, and that in 2 weeks we'll be like Italy...
 
ontap said:
In last 6 days deaths in Italy have risen by 27%. Spain by 47%. France by 140 percent. Netherlands by 68 percent. Belgium 122 percent. Germany 115 percent. Germans had the lowest total going in ofncourse but that’s worrisome. Italy is clearly winding down. Spain just a few days behind. France is frightening.
Uk in last 6 days is up 145 percent. Even higher than France
And US is up almost 160 percent. Highest of them all for this batch of countries. Which are the leaders other than China in terms of overall deaths.
So you us and France still poised at the brink of a much more horrible result
Sweden is up 123 percent. Switzerland up 68 percent. Denmark 77 percent. Brasil (this could be awful because they don’t have health or economic infrastructure) up 174 percent.
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In many poorer. countries covid deaths will be impossible to totalise due to lack of testing.
 
CEF said:
Was just thinking that last night. On about we were just about to, or had, surpassed Italy's worst daily death rate, yet there still seems to be a feeling that it's currently not that bad, and that in 2 weeks we'll be like Italy...
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In Italy (and Spain) their health infrastructure fell apart and people who could possibly have been saved were left to die, as far as I know that hasn't happened here which is maybe why there is less dramatic reporting?
 
The Beautiful Game said:
Exactly. France had considerably fewer deaths than us only last week. Its skyrocketed over there. Sick of seeing these articles saying we're ahead of other countries, changing their metrics every day to paint us in a bad light. Fair enough the data will change but they keep moving the goal posts by changing the start point or days included in the rolling average until they get the results they want.

Its awful here no question and its going to get worse but we're still better off than most comparable countries - Germany being the outlier (allegedly) due to how they are reporting Covid deaths.
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What is alleged about how Germany report the deaths?
Germany includes deaths in care homes the uk doesn't
 
DoctorMick said:
In Italy (and Spain) their health infrastructure fell apart and people who could possibly have been saved were left to die, as far as I know that hasn't happened here which is maybe why there is less dramatic reporting?
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Good point
The pictures of Italians in corridors etc.
Aye. We still (atm) have capacity at our hospitals.
Let's hope it stays that way
 
Krefeld exile said:
What is alleged about how Germany report the deaths?
Germany includes deaths in care homes the uk doesn't
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Was reported that Germany were counting deaths where covid was the cause of death whereas we’re counting people who’ve died and had the disease. An example being a lass who died of cardiac arrest but tested positive.
 
The Beautiful Game said:
Was reported that Germany were counting deaths where covid was the cause of death whereas we’re counting people who’ve died and had the disease. An example being a lass who died of cardiac arrest but tested positive.
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Everyone who tested positive is included here regardless of pre-conditions.
 

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