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fairweather
11 May 2020 16:15:31

CV-19 is no longer an epidemic in UK
Originally Posted by: four 

">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/11/coronavirus-no-longer-epidemic-uk-oxford-study-finds-cases-falling/


My Zoe app says 240,000 from 3 million members. But both falling and not as distant as they seem in the scope of all of the stats.

S.Essex, 42m ASL
fairweather
11 May 2020 16:18:23


  Yes, if three of you are from the same household!  


Originally Posted by: Caz 


I'm afraid not. It said either from your household or one other. This is a lot clearer than some are saying 

S.Essex, 42m ASL
fairweather
11 May 2020 16:24:13


 


If you look at the graph of estimated number of infections, you can see that for the first time since 1st April, the total ticked up when comparing today with yesterday.


https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time


Maybe it's just an anomaly (I also notice that the number of contributors has suddenly surged from about 3 million to 3.5 million in a day, so that might have an effect), but the pessimist might say that it's the onset of symptoms after VE Day.


Originally Posted by: Darren S 


Hopefully a blip as yesterday dropped slightly faster than previous days. A correction maybe. Two days would be too soon for VE Day to show I would have thought.

S.Essex, 42m ASL
SJV
11 May 2020 16:25:58


 


 


Confirmed rate for positive tests has fallen to 5.93%


Originally Posted by: Gavin D 


You posted a link earlier today to an article suggesting test results are still taking an age to come back. I appreciate the calculation but it's meaningless given our testing structure?

Caz
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11 May 2020 16:30:38


 


Then the fourth player would be breaking social distancing rules by meeting three others 


Originally Posted by: Chidog 

  Oh yeah!  Hmmm!

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SJV
11 May 2020 16:31:13


  Oh yeah!  Hmmm!


Originally Posted by: Caz 


Clearly we're going to need a chair umpire there as well to keep a handle on things 

Justin W
11 May 2020 16:44:23

Yo yo yo. 148-3 to the 3 to the 6 to the 9, representing the ABQ, what up, biatch?
Sevendust
11 May 2020 16:47:25


Excellent - I'm off to the beach to play volleyball 

Saint Snow
11 May 2020 16:47:38




Originally Posted by: Justin W 


 


We should disregard this; regardless of the factuality, Jess Phillips is biased.


Hail King Boris


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Caz
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11 May 2020 16:52:04


 


I'm afraid not. It said either from your household or one other. This is a lot clearer than some are saying 


Originally Posted by: fairweather 

  I was jesting! 

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llamedos
11 May 2020 16:53:09




Originally Posted by: Justin W 

It would be good to know which courier was supposed to collect it wouldn't it? 

"Life with the Lions"

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Caz
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11 May 2020 16:54:11


 


You posted a link earlier today to an article suggesting test results are still taking an age to come back. I appreciate the calculation but it's meaningless given our testing structure?


Originally Posted by: SJV 

That’s what I keep saying.  However I do appreciate Gavin’s data posts.  It’s just that his calculations are misleading. 

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Caz
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11 May 2020 16:56:53


 


Clearly we're going to need a chair umpire there as well to keep a handle on things 


Originally Posted by: SJV 

Forget the umpire!  How about two from each household meeting one from the other and playing doubles, while social distancing of course!  

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pfw
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11 May 2020 17:08:54

A contrast in approaches in Quebec here


Schools going back:


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-schools-reopening-back-to-school-may-11-1.5563692


But McGill university (Montreal) announces all courses on line for fall semester (so no face to face learning until 2021):


https://reporter.mcgill.ca/remote-delivery-for-fall-2020-semester/


Not sure the picture in the first article makes me see much point in young kids going to school - a young boy hugging his mum about to be greeted by a member of staff dressed like something from "Outbreak".


And the McGill decision strikes me as premature. The corporate waffle from the provost in the announcement makes me immediately suspicious. Cynically I wonder if they are facing a looming cash flow problem and trying to make sure they can cover foreign students who make up a good proportion of their revenue. I suspect there will be a reaction from students and parents wanting fees reduced as I can't see how they can provide the same educational level remotely.

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The Beast from the East
11 May 2020 17:34:54


I seriously wonder what happened to common sense!  Heaven knows we complain enough about being spoon fed, maybe that’s caused some to forget how to take responsibility.


Originally Posted by: Caz 


I could bring my fictional girlfriend home if I employed her as my cleaner, and I could go round her place if I was only there to clean her pipes 


Common sense indeed


 

"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
The Beast from the East
11 May 2020 17:39:37


 


Hopefully a blip as yesterday dropped slightly faster than previous days. A correction maybe. Two days would be too soon for VE Day to show I would have thought.


Originally Posted by: fairweather 


Interesting how the very same flag shaggers who were out breaking social distancing last Friday got very little coverage in the same newspapers who now have pictures of packed tube trains, full of workers who have no choice but to put themselves at risk on public transport


 

"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
Roger Parsons
11 May 2020 17:41:51


  Yes, if three of you are from the same household!  


Originally Posted by: Caz 


Are you saying my wife and I can play tennis now, Caz?


That's amazing!


Last time we tried it was in 1970 and we were terrible at it.


 


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The Beast from the East
11 May 2020 17:43:11


Been watching PM answering questions in the House live. He is struggling somewhat to answer apart from the  friendly set up ones. He has got quite flustered a couple of times. I think one of the problems is he can't use his usual cheeky chap jokey routine on this subject. The one he is clearly lying about and not answering is the fact that he did not discuss the new measures with the devolved governments. His only answer was to keep saying that they could make their own decisions because they have different R values. But surely they are lower in many of the devolved regions so why would they make them stricter than England?


edit: Just said we are currently getting "billions of pieces of PPE to where they are needed". Billions? Honestly?


Originally Posted by: fairweather 


His clown routine doesn't work without an audience of sycophants cheering behind him


The emperor is naked. The snake oil salesmen on both sides of the Atlantic have been exposed by Corona for what they really are. Empty suits, liars and charlatans 

"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
The Beast from the East
11 May 2020 17:45:08


 


Are you saying my wife and I can play tennis now, Caz?


That's amazing!


Last time we tried it was in 1970 and we were terrible at it.


 


R


Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 


What about tonsil tennis? 

"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
Maunder Minimum
11 May 2020 17:48:10




Originally Posted by: Justin W 


I don't see how Boris could be personally held responsible for bureaucratic incompetence.


 

New world order coming.
Maunder Minimum
11 May 2020 17:52:13


While cases have gone down a lot there are still pockets of infections persisting.


https://covid.joinzoe.com/data.

Too early to start lifting the lockdown IMO. Certainly, I think everyone should err on the side of caution.


 


Originally Posted by: ozone_aurora 


You can't keep the country locked down indefinitely - it has to be lifted sooner or later.


The key to keeping it under control for the future is proper border controls, whether the airline and tourist industries like it or not.


Those countries which have controlled it internally, have kept it out via stringent border controls.

New world order coming.
Roger Parsons
11 May 2020 17:53:37


What about tonsil tennis? 


Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


Makes no difference to the old joke, Beast...


Didn't know anyone still used the term "tonsil tennis."Don't think I've heard it since 1966.


Protect endangered species!


R.


 

RogerP
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The Beast from the East
11 May 2020 17:54:09

Starmer to address the nation now

"We have some alternative facts for you"
Kelly-Ann Conway - special adviser to the President
Caz
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11 May 2020 17:57:15


I could bring my fictional girlfriend home if I employed her as my cleaner, and I could go round her place if I was only there to clean her pipes 


Common sense indeed


Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

Well, you couldn’t could you!!!  She’s fictional.  Remember?  

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Saint Snow
11 May 2020 17:57:19


The key to keeping it under control for the future is proper border controls, whether the airline and tourist industries like it or not.


Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum 


 


This is your wet dream innit?


How long do you propose that future lasts? 5 years? 10? 20? Just in case, like...


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