The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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445 England
83 Scotland
73 Wales
NI - NA yet
Higher than usual numbers from Wales and Scotland.
83 Scotland
73 Wales
NI - NA yet
Higher than usual numbers from Wales and Scotland.
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Main Coronavirus / Covid-19 Discussion Thread
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Butch Willykins
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Why a mare? That looks about right to me based on current numbers.
Many expect this to be the roughest week for Sweden, looking alright so far though - no huge increases.
Really hope its the worst week though, the total numbers are getting a bit too high for my liking, though I thought 20 000 would be dead by now so I'm still quite happy.
A journalist said during todays press conference that Sweden dont have a big increase in deaths at the moment compared to how many deaths there usually is. Our change in that regard is supposedly a lot smaller than in most countries. Cant find any numbers do, anyone got a comparison of "over-deadlyness"?
Really hope its the worst week though, the total numbers are getting a bit too high for my liking, though I thought 20 000 would be dead by now so I'm still quite happy.
A journalist said during todays press conference that Sweden dont have a big increase in deaths at the moment compared to how many deaths there usually is. Our change in that regard is supposedly a lot smaller than in most countries. Cant find any numbers do, anyone got a comparison of "over-deadlyness"?
Rodney Thomas
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Greece: 13
Isn't that due to care homes being included?
Solid at the back
Well-known member
Nah, over 42000 have died.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
Seen this number put out a couple of times on here, what's the source?
Butch Willykins
Well-known member
But you can only go on the official figures that are available. Which she has.
The Maharajah of Sydney
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If it’s the FT thing they have included deaths that are indirectly linked to covid.
Which is ridiculous and scaremongering.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
Cheers. I think everyone needs to read at least the last few pages of the excellent "Number of Deaths" thread.
Some great explanations on the differences between number gathering. It's really not a league table.
It seems on the face of it that you're not suffering from anxiety as much as you were some weeks ago, which is good news. But sadly it seems that you're now spending your energy trolling instead.
Listening to the radio this morning and they had a manager of a care home group on with seemed pretty fed up with the media reports about care homes.
He said the way that it’s being reported makes it sound like every care home has it and it’s taking out most the care home population, when actually it’s 1 percent in total of everyone in care home.
He said the way that it’s being reported makes it sound like every care home has it and it’s taking out most the care home population, when actually it’s 1 percent in total of everyone in care home.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Once again highlighting how the media simply loves to go for the sensationalist headlines. And thereafter follows social media with the gibbering over-reactions. The crisis is a disaster both in human cost but also to the economy, but the way it has been presented is nothing short of a disgrace.
Gee, only 1%, well that's ok then!!!
Out of interest, which radio station was that?
Talkradio
And consider the reporting is presented in a way that is suggesting it’s much worse, yes only 1 percent.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Bit of an over-reaction. I don't recall [MENTION=522]Kinky Gerbils[/MENTION] stating that it was a good thing that people died.
mikeyjh
Well-known member
Yet the chairman of Britain's largest care home provider, HC-One was on the radio yesterday explaining that their death rate in April 2019 was approximately 20 per day, in 2020, it's 60-70. Over a month that could be 10% of their residents, it's startling, scary and completely newsworthy. The efforts of some to somehow a positive spin on all this is quite bizarre, we can't Johnson style stiff upper lip our way out of this.