[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread

[dazzer6666]

which is exactly why the authorities have said that now is not the time to have the reviews, inquiries, blame games etc until much later on, maybe not until next year when any winter resurgence and as you quite rightly point out deaths that sadly were effectively only hastened and not caused by Covid, have had time to work through the system. The true figures of deaths caused by Covid will probably never be known, as the knock on to other deaths from delayed ops, diagnosis, and people simply leaving it too late to get medical assistance can only ever at best be guesstimated.

Exactly. There is going to be a real problem with late/undiagnosed illnesses (already happening)

 

[The Wizard]

New cases of 689 today, very low. 50% less than last Tuesday.

 

[Hotchilidog]

New cases of 689 today, very low. 50% less than last Tuesday.

Very positive stuff. Cautiously optimistic about the current trend

 

[Mellotron]

New cases of 689 today, very low. 50% less than last Tuesday.

Really glad to hear this keeps coming down. You'd hope we might be able to see slightly more location specific data in the near future, so we can understand exactly where the virus is in the country.

A couple more months on (say, August to September), and I hope we will be at a level where we can pretty much drop "local social distancing" - i.e. between friends and family - and it'll just be larger gatherings of people and mass transport that are still either banned, restricted or heavily controlled.

 

[blue-shifted]

New cases of 689 today, very low. 50% less than last Tuesday.

This is going to translate into a very low number of deaths in 2 to 3 weeks time. Hopefully single figures

 

[dazzer6666]

This is going to translate into a very low number of deaths in 2 to 3 weeks time. Hopefully single figures

Piers M Organ will have to find something else to wail like a teenage girl about.

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

Piers M Organ will have to find something else to wail like a teenage girl about.

Just a polite reminder that you are posting on the Good News Thread.

 

[dazzer6666]

Just a polite reminder that you are posting on the Good News Thread.

Him not posting about Covid is excellent news.Him not posting about anything at all would be even better news of course.

 

[blue-shifted]

Just a polite reminder that you are posting on the Good News Thread.

I think Dazzer's overall contributions to this thread entitles him to that free hit

 

[dazzer6666]

I think Dazzer's overall contributions to this thread entitles him to that free hit

I've given myself a stern talking to

 

[AZ Gull]

Piers M Organ will have to find something else to wail like a teenage girl about.

He's an Arsenal fan, so it shouldn't be too hard...

 

[The Wizard]

Sweden’s figures are quite surprising

Cases going up, albeit with increased testing since early June

Deaths and ICU intake coming down rapidly

 

[nicko31]

BOE now predicts a V-shaped recession and not as bad as first thought. Seems upbeat, hope they are right...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...k-gdp-bank-england-andy-haldane-a9594741.html

 

[The Wizard]

Remember the Argus spewing nonsense about the Brighton second wave and SKYROCKETING R rate, well we’re amongst the lowest infection rates in the U.K. now with 5 cases per 100000 per week, hopefully eases the worries of those worried that non essential retail and the gatherings were going to cause a second spike down here. Very interesting how many parts/suburbs of London are in this as well.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Remember the Argus spewing nonsense about the Brighton second wave and SKYROCKETING R rate, well we’re amongst the lowest infection rates in the U.K. now with 5 cases per 100000 per week, hopefully eases the worries of those worried that non essential retail and the gatherings were going to cause a second spike down here. Very interesting how many parts/suburbs of London are in this as well.

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Did you see this earlier ..talk about scaremongering..

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[Kinky Gerbil]

Sweden’s figures are quite surprising

Cases going up, albeit with increased testing since early June View attachment 125559

Deaths and ICU intake coming down rapidly View attachment 125560

Isn’t this the case most places now?

Even in the states?

 

[The Wizard]

Isn’t this the case most places now?

Even in the states?

Too early to say with the US, their cases have massively spiked back up in the last 10 days so we’ll have to wait and see how that correlates in a few weeks, average time between infection and death is 3/4 weeks.

Most places have followed the same pattern with cases dropping at a similar rate to deaths from what I’ve seen, which is worrying from a US perspective.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Trend continues

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[Bozza]

A coronavirus vaccine from Germany’s BioNTech has yielded positive trial results, generating immune defences in participants that were stronger than those of the average recovered Covid-19 patient, according to preliminary data released by the company.

In a clinical study run with pharmaceuticals group Pfizer in the US, 24 people between the ages of 18 and 55 who received two doses of the vaccine had “significantly elevated” antibodies within four weeks of their first injection.

https://www.ft.com/content/65d0b33a-f12a-4878-ac87-da4835683949

 

[Stockholm Syndrome]

https://news.ki.se/immunity-to-covi...D-19 is probably higher than tests have shown

Herd immunity, here we come!