Main Coronavirus / Covid-19 Discussion Thread

[Birdie Boy]

I got an email from my dentists earlier in the week saying they are hoping to reopen from June 1st. Is your wife's practice got the same reopening date and is that date thought as optimistic, out of interest?

They are also hoping for June but they don't know for sure. The surgery is open for emergencies and she is still going in, although it is only 2-3 days a week. The other nurse does 2-3 days as well.

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[The Wizard]

352 England
17 Wales
40 Scotland
18 NI

Total of around 427 initially, Thursday is normally a very high number so this is a much better number than previous week.

 

[Jim D]

352 England
17 Wales
40 Scotland
18 NI

Total of around 427 initially, Thursday is normally a very high number so this is a much better number than previous week.

are these numbers 'all sources' or just hospitals?

 

[Mellotron]

Mildly interesting article in the mail, ‘affluent’ Hastings has the lowest death rate in the UK, Worthing also amongst the lowest.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...reas-England-Wales-Official-figures-show.html

Very surprising given Worthing was practically ground zero for initial cases.

 

[Notters]

Very surprising given Worthing was practically ground zero for initial cases.

Or everyone there has already had it?

 

[Mellotron]

Or everyone there has already had it?

Well yes, that’s a possible explanation. It came through Worthing early and perhaps there were a few deaths that didn’t get attributed to COVID-19 due to being too “early”?

 

[dazzer6666]

are these numbers 'all sources' or just hospitals?

In hospital, and tested positive.....also reporting that 18/352 had no known underlying health condition (ie 95% did have an underlying condition)

 

[dazzer6666]

Or everyone there has already had it?

Well yes, that’s a possible explanation. It came through Worthing early and perhaps there were a few deaths that didn’t get attributed to COVID-19 due to being too “early”?

It's because they are all Tories and have gardens isn't it ?

 

[Jim D]

It's because they are all Tories and have gardens isn't it ?

I live in Worthing and have one of the above (a garden) - am I almost safe to leave the house?

 

[dazzer6666]

I live in Worthing and have one of the above (a garden) - am I almost safe to leave the house?

Only if it's to buy craft beer, artisan coffee or hand-baked sourdough bread.

 

[Butch Willykins]

Well done Matt Hancock! 122k tests performed yesterday.

 

[Deleted member 22389]

You are, of course, correct. We always have tariff free imports from the EU

Unless of course the toy includes parts from Sanshui Sanlian Plastic & Cement or any of Theo Klein's other Chinese suppliers. Once you start looking into it, it seems a little more complicated than it first appears, but that's the 21st century for you

If they are still moulding the components in Germany, that's good enough. If the tooling was machined in Germany to create the moulding that is even better.

 

[vegster]

Very surprising given Worthing was practically ground zero for initial cases.

Thought it was more Brighton and Hove early doors ? The superspreader had links to a couple of locum doctors who practised at different surgeries in Brighton that were both closed for a while. Also The Grenadier pub in Hove was thought to be where some more cross-infection may have taken place but was later ok'd. There was someone who was a medic who presented early doors with the virus in Worthing but mostly it's been very low key here I think.

 

[jabba]

Surprised from 122,000 tests only 6,201 new positives? Would be good to know if there is a lag from test to result. I guess if the test is done the result is known.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Well done Matt Hancock! 122k tests performed yesterday.

In news that will be a surprise to no one, this doesn't appear to be strictly true listening to the press conference and reading this. https://www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-p...es-to-hit-100000-tests-target/7027544.article

 

[atomised]

Well done Matt Hancock! 122k tests performed yesterday.

Piers Morgan must be absolutely gutted

 

[Bodian]

50,000 of the 'tests' aren't actually tests. They have merely been posted out for people to test at home. They have not all (not many) been sent back, used, or analysed. So, the 6,200 positives won't actually be from the 122,000 - and there haven't actually been 122,000 tests.

https://www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-performance/revealed-how-government-changed-the-rules-to-hit-100000-tests-target/7027544.article

 

[Deadly Danson]

Piers Morgan must be absolutely gutted

He has just confirmed that only 73000 were tested. Hate the man but he's not wrong. Frankly, it's a good effort to get to 73000 but I'd have a hell of a lot more respect if the government had just said, "sorry, we tried but couldn't quite make the target" rather than just manipulating the figures to make themselves look good.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

352 England
17 Wales
40 Scotland
18 NI

Total of around 427 initially, Thursday is normally a very high number so this is a much better number than previous week.

739 as per news conference.

 

[Butch Willykins]

He has just confirmed that only 73000 were tested. Hate the man but he's not wrong. Frankly, it's a good effort to get to 73000 but I'd have a hell of a lot more respect if the government had just said, "sorry, we tried but couldn't quite make the target" rather than just manipulating the figures to make themselves look good.

That Prof John Newton fella didn’t hide this fact though. He went through the breakdown of the numbers and confirmed this was the way it’s always been counted.