Doesn't seem to be reflected in this data, certainly not for all regions. The one thing withe Zoe data is the sheer number of people reporting. So even if 50% are reporting symptoms that are not Covid it will not affect the trend because it can be assumed with that population size the mis-reporting would be equal each day. So the raw numbers i.e 250,000 currently reporting symptoms could be wrong, but the trend won't be.

One thing I couldn’t find on Zoe, was how many people actually report each day and whether people report who don’t have symptoms.  It could be that fewer people bother to use it now than they did to begin with, or vice versa.

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So now that there is more testing going on, I am hearing quite a few anecdotal accounts, of key workers receiving positive test results, despite being asymptomatic.  In one location they tested everyone, about half those with COVID did not have symptoms.
In one case an employee tested positive on day 1, then again on day 10 - no symptoms throughout. They isolated for 7 days following the first positive result, but have now gone back to work on their GP's advice. This person was only tested because there were tests available.
Seems there is confusion and lack of guidance about when asymptomatic people should go back to work particularly if they keep testing positive. Guidance seems to be around the period from the onset of symptoms only. Any views?

That’s an issue we’ve highlighted from early on and I don’t think there are any answers.  The more asymptomatic cases there are, the lower the morbidity percentage and possibly the more immunity there is.  It would be interesting to see if that asymptomatic positive person tested positive for antibodies as well. 

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Asymptomatic people can later test positive for antibodies. I did post a story earlier from Camden in north London of 5 teachers who are taking part in a study and have antibodies despite not having reported any symptoms

http://camdennewjournal.com/article/virus-may-have-already-swept-through-school-in-spring

 

One thing I couldn’t find on Zoe, was how many people actually report each day and whether people report who don’t have symptoms.  It could be that fewer people bother to use it now than they did to begin with, or vice versa.

I report every day and don't have symptoms. But I agree it isn't totally clear how many of the 3.5 million members are reporting daily and that should be published really. I suspect it's still the biggest population sample kicking around though and the graphs tend to follow exactly what common sense would make you expect.

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Latest on the app - to be rolled out 'within weeks' although whether that is a lot of weeks or not is not clear.

 

Downing Street Monday briefing

Asked if track and tracing being up and running a premise of the modelling that informed easing of shutdown in June....

.... No10 say they never explicitly made that link

(Wonder if Sage advisors agree there wasn’t to be a link)

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) May 18, 2020

 

I report every day and don't have symptoms. But I agree it isn't totally clear how many of the 3.5 million members are reporting daily and that should be published really. I suspect it's still the biggest population sample kicking around though and the graphs tend to follow exactly what common sense would make you expect.

I was reporting on it every 2/3 days but admittedly haven’t done it in a couple of weeks.

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I deleted that app about a week ago because i was just reporting no symptoms every day and was running out of space on my phone. If i start developing symptoms again then i might reinstall it and report the symptoms. Not sure if this makes me a bad person or not but can believe that a lot of others will be doing the same.

I was reporting on it every 2/3 days but admittedly haven’t done it in a couple of weeks.

I've been doing it daily (as it pops up each day as an alert). No option on there for whether you've had an antibody test though!

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I deleted that app about a week ago because i was just reporting no symptoms every day and was running out of space on my phone. If i start developing symptoms again then i might reinstall it and report the symptoms. Not sure if this makes me a bad person or not but can believe that a lot of others will be doing the same.

That is a drawback and I suspect other people do the same. Unfortunately from a science and statistics point of view "No symptoms" are equally as important to report and I don't really understand why people wouldn't . You don't get bonus points for having it !

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That’s an issue we’ve highlighted from early on and I don’t think there are any answers.  The more asymptomatic cases there are, the lower the morbidity percentage and possibly the more immunity there is.  It would be interesting to see if that asymptomatic positive person tested positive for antibodies as well. 

Also, I have read from the experience in China that some people keep testing positive regardless. Odd I know. I read about one poor guy in China who is still personally locked down, despite appearing perfectly healthy, because he keeps testing positive. There must be an explanation somewhere for why that can happen, but I have not read anything on the possible reasons.

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Wales has reported 101 new cases and 4 new deaths

NHS England has reported 122 new hospital deaths up from 90 yesterday

Last Monday. NHS England reported 190 new hospital deaths

Lloyds have provisionally costed the total underwriting loss (all insurers, globally) at $107bn (Lloyds expect their own hit to be between $3bn and $4.3bn of that)

If lockdown restrictions extend into Q3, these figures will increase.

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Scotland has reported 57 new cases and 2 new deaths

Glad I don’t live in Scotland, no change to restrictions until 28/05.

You wont be glad if you catch it thanks to Boris's reckless attitude

 

 

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All 122 hospital deaths reported today in England were within the last 5-days

 

Unfortunately nowadays it just seems full of stuff that was shown on BBC2 several years ago. 

Not always, and is that a bad thing anyway? I love watching all the documentaries and history programmes. Always something worth watching every night

 

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All 122 hospital deaths reported today in England were within the last 5-days

Like yesterday then

Should be a huge rise tomorrow when historical numbers are included

 

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You can sign a petition for what its worth

 

WOW!!! Nearly 50,000 signatures!

Thank you so much to everyone that has signed this, contacted @bbc & shared the #LoveBBBCFour hashtag!

I am sure ⁦@BBCFOUR⁩ will be humbled & grateful!
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