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The Beast from the East
Thursday, March 19, 2020 2:41:05 PM


Satisfaction with Boris Johnson is surging, net +14 instead of +3 last month. Time of polling was 13-16 March so a few days old. (Conservatives polling on 52%)


 



Originally Posted by: JHutch 


I mentioned this earlier. We are a one party state now with Labour an irrelevance. The plebs love him and I still don't quite get why. 


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Brian Gaze
Thursday, March 19, 2020 2:42:50 PM

BoE cuts interest rates to 0.1% and announces another £200 billion QE.


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Saint Snow
Thursday, March 19, 2020 2:43:52 PM


BoE cuts interest rates to 0.1%


Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 


Every cloud!


 


 


 


 



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The Beast from the East
Thursday, March 19, 2020 2:45:20 PM


 




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The Beast from the East
Thursday, March 19, 2020 2:46:40 PM


BoE cuts interest rates to 0.1% and announces another £200 billion QE.


Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 


Let the good times roll! No wonder King Boris is so popular


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Saint Snow
Thursday, March 19, 2020 2:51:27 PM


 


Let the good times roll! No wonder King Boris is so popular


Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


 


There's a tidal wave of economic catastrophe coming in 3-6 months.



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Sevendust
Thursday, March 19, 2020 2:58:31 PM


There's a tidal wave of economic catastrophe coming in 3-6 months.


Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 


Yes....and at the moment the opposition are rudderless under a dead duck leader

Gavin D
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:01:39 PM
Prince Albert of Monaco has tested positive for coronavirus
Gavin D
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:03:44 PM
25 new deaths in the UK a slight fall compared to yesterday
Retron
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:05:23 PM

Here's an email from the head teacher - nice to see the government's been keeping everyone up to date with school info today.


It looks like very little change TBH on Monday, everyone's to be in (except those of us self-isolating!)


I would also expect a couple to a few hundred children to be in, as well as most of the 200 or so staff!


You will have all seen on the news that schools in England are closed to most pupils from next week.  You will have also seen that this doesn't apply to LACs, children with EHCP plans and children of 'key workers'.  The government have yet to define what a key worker is.  With this in mind, we need ALL staff to be at work on Monday, at the normal time, ready to help us support these children.  We will review our plans once we know more about how many children attend.
If you are self-isolating, you will need to follow the normal procedures (contacting me between 6.45 and 7.30) unless you have already told us.  This also applies to staff who have childcare problems.
So, all staff should definitely be here on Monday and should prepare to probably be here for a few days after that.
Leysdown, north Kent
Heavy Weather 2013
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:05:37 PM

25 new deaths in the UK a slight fall compared to yesterday

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 


The number sky are reporting are for England but usuallly they say UK. Is that the UK figure 


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Gavin D
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:09:18 PM


 The number sky are reporting are for England but usuallly they say UK. Is that the UK figure 


Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 


 


UK figure


 


It was 103 yesterday. 128 today.

Jonesy
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:11:04 PM

25 new deaths in the UK a slight fall compared to yesterday

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 


Is that based on 3pm yesterday? not that it matters of course. Increase in Spain sadly looking at https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/


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Gavin D
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:12:42 PM
Going by Sky's the overall rate is 25.

Whilst NHS England have since said 29 new deaths in England.

Confusing
Brian Gaze
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:16:35 PM

Going by Sky's the overall rate is 25.

Whilst NHS England have since said 29 new deaths in England.

Confusing

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 


Sky News is saying 29. (17 in London)


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Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:18:09 PM


Is that based on 3pm yesterday? not that it matters of course. Increase in Spain sadly looking at https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/


Originally Posted by: Jonesy 

It’s usually for the 24 hours up to 9am this morning. 


I do wonder how mortality rates are defined and whether every country is doing it the same.  Do they record only those who die after being diagnosed, or those who die and then they test post mortem?


Was thinking about the post someone made this morning about someone who was already ill to the end of life extent, then contracted the virus and was counted.  This could make a fair difference to mortality rates if every country accounts for them differently. 


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Gooner
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:19:53 PM

Any ideas why this is mainly Southern based ?


 


Midlands South?


Remember anything after T120 is really Just For Fun



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Gavin D
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:20:15 PM
Sky now confirming 29 new deaths in England. 17 of them in London.
Brian Gaze
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:20:54 PM

I think it is 29 in England of which 17 were in London. IIRC there have been 3 in Scotland. 1 in NI and 1 in Wales. Therefore a total of 34.


Edit: UK mortality rate looks quite high to me at this stage.


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Chunky Pea
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:21:44 PM

Daily global case count Vs mortality rate as of 8am this morning:



 


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https://t.ly/MEYqg 


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Gavin D
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:23:27 PM

Coronavirus hope! No Wuhan cases, 'game-changer' drug and social lives 'back by summer'


 




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A test to reveal who has already had Covid-19 is "progressing very fast", while an experimental drug has 'cured' its first patient and Brits could have their social lives back by the summer. Despite the doom and gloom surrounding the deadly pandemic, with London said to be on the verge of going into complete lockdown, there are some good news stories emerging to give people hope. The "game-changer" new antibody test to see who has already contracted and recovered from coronavirus but not shown symptoms is not far away, according to Boris Johnson. The PM said someone who has already had the virus will feel confident - thanks to the test - they are "most unlikely to get it again" and can return to work.


Hopes that the experimental drug remdesivir could cure patients have been raised after a 79-year-old Italian man who had tested positive was given the all-clear following treatment.


The broad-spectrum antiviral is being tested in five Covid-19 clinical trials including by the US National Institutes of Health on 13 patients admitted to hospital after contracting coronavirus on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan. China, meanwhile, has recorded no new cases in Wuhan, where the virus first originated last year, or in the surrounding Hubei province. It has been 13 days, meanwhile, since the province itself reported any new cases - giving millions hope that the deadly virus is starting to be brought under control





 


https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/coronavirus-hope-no-wuhan-cases-21717544?fbclid=IwAR22wTG1Iej4xua5VoNx2aVnOYc9kOVtCLytxDYxzHvpPXw0FRkUN5vHkiU

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Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:24:10 PM

Going by Sky's the overall rate is 25.

Whilst NHS England have since said 29 new deaths in England.

Confusing

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

Again, this could be to do with how we test.  If it takes three days for test results and they test post mortem, for someone who died three days ago and results today showed they were positive, they’d be added to today’s figures. 


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John p
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:25:54 PM


Here's an email from the head teacher - nice to see the government's been keeping everyone up to date with school info today.


It looks like very little change TBH on Monday, everyone's to be in (except those of us self-isolating!)


I would also expect a couple to a few hundred children to be in, as well as most of the 200 or so staff!


You will have all seen on the news that schools in England are closed to most pupils from next week.  You will have also seen that this doesn't apply to LACs, children with EHCP plans and children of 'key workers'.  The government have yet to define what a key worker is.  With this in mind, we need ALL staff to be at work on Monday, at the normal time, ready to help us support these children.  We will review our plans once we know more about how many children attend.
If you are self-isolating, you will need to follow the normal procedures (contacting me between 6.45 and 7.30) unless you have already told us.  This also applies to staff who have childcare problems.
So, all staff should definitely be here on Monday and should prepare to probably be here for a few days after that.

Originally Posted by: Retron 


How are they going to stop parents taking the p1ss? I.e claiming they are key workers?


Don't underestimate how many parents would do anything to get their kids out for the day.


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Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:47:12 PM




Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


Classic:


Mr Maclean told Mirror Online: "I'm pretty certain we all have coronavirus in this house. I've never had anything like it before. 


"It's the worst I have ever felt. My chest is really tight. The fever is horrendous."


The housemates sought medical advice and were told that they wouldn't be tested and to self-isolate for two weeks.


Mr Maclean added: "By the second day of the festival we had symptoms. We had the dry cough."


He and Mr Saunders didn't suspect that they had coronavirus.


Mr Maclean said: "The Jockey Club said that it could just be a common cold so not to worry, so we took their advice and came back in."


They said they were told to take the third day of the festival off as a precaution and come back on the fourth and final day, the Friday, if they felt better.


Both felt fine on Friday and returned to work, but their conditions deteriorated later and they put themselves into self-quarantine.


But by that point they had exposed others to their infection.


Mr Saunders said: "There were over 250,000 people there over the four days of the festival.


"They were adamant that the precautions they put in place would protect us.


"I've spoken to others who worked at the festival and they have symptoms." He added: "The tightness in the lungs makes it harder to breathe. It feels like your chest and your lungs are being put in a vice."


 

Brian Gaze
Thursday, March 19, 2020 3:49:33 PM
The bit about the Jockey Club giving medical advice was what made me laugh.
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