Also allowing Cheltenham, Stereophonics and the Liverpool match to go ahead. I wonder if their will ever be a study on those events. It’s clear that there was a massive surge in cases soon after.

The government has been next to useless. 

Although changing on a daily basis, I understood at that time the advice then was outdoors was okay, inside wasn't until it changed swiftly after. Who said it was okay still at that time?

 

Although changing on a daily basis, I understood at that time the advice then was outdoors was okay, inside wasn't until it changed swiftly after. Who said it was okay still at that time?

Thousands of people packed together, shouting and singing. Who would've thought that could spread an airborne, highly contagious virus?

Isn't that simply being polite.
Would you rather he said we wish you had died but I see you're back.

Is your world really just binary?

 

Is your world really just binary?

But what would you say to someone who'd recently been in an ICU?

 

Thousands of people packed together, shouting and singing. Who would've thought that could spread an airborne, highly contagious virus?

Yes bonkers to think now.

There are two main narratives on my Facebook feed at the moment...

You are lucky not to have the eugenic angle in your feed:

"'Mother Nature has to clean the barn every so often,' Burkman counters. 'How real is it? Who knows? So what if 1 percent of the population goes? So what if you lose 400,000 people? 200,000 were elderly, the other 200,000 are the bottom of society. You got to clean out the barn'"

— Matt Welch (@MattWelch) May 7, 2020

 

 

You are lucky not to have the eugenic angle in your feed:

 

"'Mother Nature has to clean the barn every so often,' Burkman counters. 'How real is it? Who knows? So what if 1 percent of the population goes? So what if you lose 400,000 people? 200,000 were elderly, the other 200,000 are the bottom of society. You got to clean out the barn'"

— Matt Welch (@MattWelch) May 7, 2020

Slightly similar to those that are always calling for a "reset" - whatever that's supposed to entail.

 

But what would you say to someone who'd recently been in an ICU?

That wasn't the point behind my comment.  Four offered two options, one of which was typically crass and insensitive.

 

Slightly similar to those that are always calling for a "reset" - whatever that's supposed to entail.

I think that's a stretch - those calling for a 'reset' would probably expect 10% as a minimum.

But this isn't the place for another bout on the subject of Malthus.

The Welsh relaxing is the following - apparently the English measures will be similar

Mr Drakeford says that the changes for England to be announced by Boris Johnson on Sunday will be similar to those he has announced

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) May 8, 2020

 

Is your world really just binary?

I eagerly await 100’s response. 

The Welsh relaxing is the following - apparently the English measures will be similar

 

Mr Drakeford says that the changes for England to be announced by Boris Johnson on Sunday will be similar to those he has announced

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) May 8, 2020

Almost exactly what we were discussing as the options at home this week.

I expect more significant action at the end of May

 

Almost exactly what we were discussing as the options at home this week.

I expect more significant action at the end of May

Interesting slides here showing what would happen if the R value in Wales from now on was a constant 0.8, 0.9, 1.0 or 1.1. Comparisons of the dramatic difference between R being 1 or 5 in the past have been interesting but this really shows the difference that small changes in R make and bring home how important it is to be vigilant all the time, everything you can do to bring the R value down by just 0.1 can still have a huge effect down the line (i think it was Merkel who made this point a month or two back).

Please see the slides from today's press conference pic.twitter.com/LxidnhDvJ3

— Welsh Government (@WelshGovernment) May 8, 2020

 

I eagerly await 100’s response. 

There's 10 types of people... Those who understand and those who don't! 

"The European Commission will start dispatching a stock of 10 million masks to healthcare workers across the 27-country bloc and in the United Kingdom. The Commission said a first batch of 1.5 million masks will be shipped to 17 member states and UK over the next few days.

The stock, purchased through a European Union fund set up to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, will be distributed in weekly installments over the next six weeks. "

Lucky they didn't tell us to get stuffed as we have left the EU. But they understand it's in their interests to co-operate with people at the moment. Our Government will probably say we don't need them again!

 

I'm certainly proportioning much of the blame in their direction. Something about being slow to react, relaxed attitude to border control, a criminal lack of protection for NHS workers, increasingly mixed messages to a bewildered public, manipulation of scientific data...

 

increasingly mixed messages to a bewildered public

 Why do you not understand the lockdown guidelines?

manipulation of scientific data.

 Really, more the problem they forgot what a poor record Imperial College especially Fergusson have on disease modelling. Right from the outset many epidimiologists were questioning his data.