Rate of infection slowing down.
- Thread starter snarlz II
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A week into lockdown and you would expect new infections to be slowing. Interesting to see how they’ve measured that though - if it’s just positive tests it’s meaningless since they aren’t testing everyone
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If I catch it then I am blaming Aldi.
tunstallhill
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all these graphs and numbers and that, surely the only number that can be used as fair barometer is actual number of deaths?
bahtat
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Hospital admissions falling apparently
Always lags behind other indicators apparently
jackynutmeg
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storm in a tea cup man
Lonz
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Depends what you’re trying to work out. Smaller countries will obviously have fewer deaths. It can also take weeks for someone to die of the disease whereas the tests only take 48 hours to come back positive or negative.
Really hope so.
Should’ve worn a condom, marra. Some people never learn.
tunstallhill
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ah reet. just seems to me that there are endless variables concerned with
'amount of people tested'
'amount of positive tests'
'amount of people actually at risk of dying' '
amount of people at risk of dying, who then recovered'
snarlz II
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He also mentioned that about the rate hospital admissions falling. I think he was from Imperial College
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The two week virus incubation period delay may suggest it is too early to draw these conclusions.
What if they're not putting non-serious cases in hospital due to fears of overcapacity? Someone on my street got it and has been simply put at home.
What if they're not putting non-serious cases in hospital due to fears of overcapacity? Someone on my street got it and has been simply put at home.
Actual number of deaths “caused” by the virus and not just deaths of people who have tested positive for the virus.
Currently we are recording the second and it makes for grim reading, a high proportion of those who have died and tested positive may well have died even if they had caught the common cold.
How deadly is coronavirus? It's still far from clear
There is room for different interpretations of the data
www.spectator.co.uk
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bahtat
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Yes I got it wrong, it’s not number of admissions falling but the rate of admissions
General Zod
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Actual number of deaths “caused” by the virus and not just deaths of people who have tested positive for the virus.
Currently we are recording the second and it makes for grim reading, a high proportion of those who have died and tested positive may well have died even if they had caught the common cold.
How deadly is coronavirus? It's still far from clear
There is room for different interpretations of the data
Thats the thing - the stats are all over the place. There was some confusion over that poor 21 year old lass who died. First it was reported she had coronavirus, then the guardian reported she wasnt included, then they withdrew the article:-
Chloe Middleton: the coronavirus death that wasn’t
The 21-year-old’s tragic death has not been recorded as due to Covid-19.
www.spiked-online.com
Still a glimmer of hope though.
joemcdokes
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If it’s just positive tests?
MSC
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joemcdokes
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Thats the thing - the stats are all over the place. There was some confusion over that poor 21 year old lass who died. First it was reported she had coronavirus, then the guardian reported she wasnt included, then they withdrew the article:-
Chloe Middleton: the coronavirus death that wasn’t
The 21-year-old’s tragic death has not been recorded as due to Covid-19.
Loads of bollocks flying around at the best of times.
