Coronavirus

[Strontium]

5 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Masks? 

 

That's just the latest one of many.

[Spy Bee]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59895934

 

So they don't make any significant difference, although teachers and pupils agree that communication is harder. So why does this continue? It's such a myopic approach.

[Bjornebye]

12 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

That's just the latest one of many.

No, you made it about masks. 

 

I see you swerved the other question. 

[Captain Turdseye]

I’ve got the C

I’ve got the secret 

I’ve got the key to a 

a week in bed. 
 

 

[Strontium]

23 minutes ago, Spy Bee said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59895934

 

So they don't make any significant difference, although teachers and pupils agree that communication is harder. So why does this continue? It's such a myopic approach.

 

Deaths just fell for the sixth week in a row. It's all politics at this point.

[TheHowieLama]

5 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Deaths just fell for the sixth week in a row. It's all politics at this point.

In the UK?

 

That is weird because just in the last week the UK reported two days of deaths over 300.

First time that number has been breached since early March.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Spy Bee said:

OMG 

 

 

Wearing a higher-grade mask gives a higher degree of protection.

 

Who knew?

[Torvald Utne]

Nothing is effective when compared to a hazmat suit

[Babb'sBurstNad]

4 minutes ago, fungus said:

Nothing is effective when compared to a hazmat suit

Would be a great slogan for a condom manufacturer.

[Strontium]

27 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

In the UK?

 

That is weird because just in the last week the UK reported two days of deaths over 300.

First time that number has been breached since early March.

 

Yep, it's certainly weird that two years into this thing you still haven't worked out that deaths don't necessarily happen on the day they were reported, especially when holidays are a factor.

[TheHowieLama]

23 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Yep, it's certainly weird that two years into this thing you still haven't worked out that deaths don't necessarily happen on the day they were reported, especially when holidays are a factor.

So there is a lapse of 6 weeks?

Or a couple of days?

 

The total ends up being the same, and it does not look like the deaths in the UK are diminishing - you can think whatever you like.

 

Either way, they are still at an "acceptable level. Same with the US.

[Megadrive Man]

39 minutes ago, fungus said:

Nothing is effective when compared to a hazmat suit

It still disappoints me that the government didn't insist on everybody wearing niqab or a burka, just to really make right wingers explode.

[Strontium]

11 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

it does not look like the deaths in the UK are diminishing

 

Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest insights - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

 

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The number of deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) in England and Wales fell in the week to Christmas 2021.

In the week ending 24 December 2021, there were 591 deaths from COVID-19 registered across England and Wales.

They accounted for around 1 in every 22 deaths (4.5%), which was a fall from the previous week (755 deaths, 6.1% of all deaths registered).

 

These are the most recent figures. That looks like deaths diminishing to me.

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest insights - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

 

 

These are the most recent figures. That looks like deaths diminishing to me.

But hang on.... wasn't this supposed to be over by last winter? 

[SasaS]

4 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest insights - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

 

 

These are the most recent figures. That looks like deaths diminishing to me.

If the reported deaths data as of today shows a 7-day jump of over 50 percent, how likely it is that eventually the deaths by date will show that in fact they were going down? In the last week of December and first week of January that is.

[Bjornebye]

I've mentioned the government manipulating figures myself but now someone who has accused the government of doing just that is now relying on the same statistics for his argument. 

 

 

 

[Strontium]

10 minutes ago, SasaS said:

If the reported deaths data as of today shows a 7-day jump of over 50 percent, how likely it is that eventually the deaths by date will show that in fact they were going down? In the last week of December and first week of January that is.

 

The covid dashboard has deaths by both date reported and actual date of death, so you can see that very effect yourself:

 

Deaths in the UK | Coronavirus in the UK (data.gov.uk)

[Bruce Spanner]

1 hour ago, Captain Turdseye said:

I’ve got the C

I’ve got the secret 

I’ve got the key to a 

a week in bed. 
 

 

Can I have you parking space when you get dead?

 

RIP YNWA etc etc…

[Captain Turdseye]

1 minute ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Can I have you parking space when you get dead?

I’m not sure the Bentley will fit. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Given that there's a lag between becoming infected and dying and the numbers of infections are still rising, I wouldn't go celebrating the demise of the pandemic just yet. 

 

I would expect the number of infections to start to fall in the last half of January and the number of deaths to rise this month and fall next month. That's my barely- informed guess, but it's still better than becoming glib because fatalities fell before Christmas.

[TheHowieLama]

33 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest insights - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

 

 

These are the most recent figures. That looks like deaths diminishing to me.

The UK has reported 891 deaths in the 6 days of January. By tomorrow, that will end up being double of the week before Christmas.

 

Just the last two days in December had more deaths than the weeks you are referencing.

 

It is not going down, but again, at this point it really doesn't matter.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Captain Turdseye said:

I’ve got the C

I’ve got the secret 

I’ve got the key to a 

a week in bed. 
 

 

I hope your symptoms are as negligible as mine were.

[SasaS]

3 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

The covid dashboard has deaths by both date reported and actual date of death, so you can see that very effect yourself:

 

Deaths in the UK | Coronavirus in the UK (data.gov.uk)

You can see 7-day average, which is going up and down for actual date deaths and mostly up for recent reported date deaths. Registered deaths end on December 24th and indeed show decrease for six week, which is consistent with weeks of "green" on the 7-day chart prior to the recent surge, which is now over 50 percent "red". So we will have to wait, or what? It is not likely that deaths are now (this week, last week) going up?

[Bruce Spanner]

5 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

I’m not sure the Bentley will fit. 

Story of my life being told how do you expect me to fit all of that in?

 

We all have crosses to bare… 

[Captain Turdseye]

4 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I hope your symptoms are as negligible as mine were.

I’ve got one of those headaches that only hurts when you move around. Feels like my brain is banging the side of my head. Starting to get a bit of sore throat now. 
 

 

 

 

Seems about right. I’ll take the isolation gracefully. Turdsette has already FaceTimed me four times from the next room since she got home from school.