Mudface

From Scotland- https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2020/jun/11/uk-coronavirus-live-government-under-pressure-to-scrap-2-metres-distancing-rule-in-england?page=with:block-5ee218d98f089c0fbf358835#block-5ee218d98f089c0fbf358835

There's a chart from Spain in the Medium article linked to earlier- It's introduced with- There are also similar charts for those with co-morbidities. As the author points out, the sheer number of people in higher risk categories makes trying to specifically shield them while letting everyone else go about their business completely inpractical.

We had similar at my old company. Plant workers were unionised, got to negotiate with management re pay and conditions and were very well compensated compared to non-unionised plant workers at other sites within the company. I was a lab worker and we were considered to be separate from the plant, and I couldn't get enough people to join a union so we could be recognised. As a result, we got shit pay rises and our flexi-time conditions were gradually whittled away. Everybody moaned and bitched, but no one did anything- I even arranged a meeting at a local pub with the union regional rep, no one turned up. Dicks.

If you had read it, that's the upper bound given based on studies. Combining the data it's more like 0.67%, and may be trending towards 0.5. The main point he's making there is that regardless, it's a lot more dangerous than 'flu.

If this results in David Walliams being imprisoned and executed, then it will all have been worth it.

Those poor kids, my heart bleeds for them.

David C Vigilante is an ace name.

They do, but we were told it needed to be 2m here. Other than the Tories getting restive, there doesn't seem to be a reason to change it, certainly nothing scientific.

She looks like the epitome of a female 'Boris' fan.

Here we go, pressure on Johnson from his loonie MPs to reduce the 2 metre rule, and lo and behold their pet scientist sets it up to be relaxed-

I thought you said you hadn't read it?

I'm not nonchalant at all mate, I'm really worried that we're setting ourselves up for a second wave which will be worse than this one as there won't be any political will to lockdown again. And you're right, the infection rate is still way too high for track and trace to be effective (plus it's run by fucking Serco). The only bright spot for me is that the numbers in Scotland are pretty much halving each week- there's only been 2 new infections in the health board area where I live since Saturday and 44 across the whole country since Sunday- and Sturgeon is head and shoulders above Johnson. England looks an utter shambles though.

You should do. It's well set out and a good warning not to be complacent about things at this stage. As for the mortality rate, no one knows what that actually is or will be, he's just extrapolating from available data.

Yep. Getting close to dipping under 1000 new infections a day though, which (horrifically) is at least something positive.

You been watching lesbian BDSM hospital porn too?

It's almost as though trying to stop people infecting each other with a dangerous virus is actually quite a good idea

Johnson's apparently getting some unrest at his handling of Covid-19 from his own MPs. Not so much at the thousands of deaths, the late lockdown, the PPE disaster, care homes, Cummings etc, more that he's not opening the economy and schools up more quickly and won't overrule scientists regarding social distancing. Death cult. https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/politico-london-playbook-were-going-to-the-zoo-fergie-time-culture-war-uk/

Ban this sick filth.

You need to leave the poor man alone, he's very busy selling us all to the US- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/09/boris-johnson-trade-deal-us-chlorinated-chicken - and making sure we can do fuck all about it.

Should be a short meeting. "Far too early." "Yeah, fuck that." "Same time next week? Sharon, can you ring down for the lunch trolley please?"

Wow, an actual realistic post, and there are still fools hanging on to the conspiracy theories. Plus at least one dickhead ready to blame CV 19 for Everton not being able to expand and dominate the world like they were poised to.

Well the deaths announced each day actually happened over a number of days, sometimes even weeks, so the last 5 days in particular on that graph will fill up over the next week or so. Also, that's hospital deaths only. As for the infection figures, they're only ones identified as a result of a test, the actual figures are unknown but obviously will be higher.

Yep, they really should have kept it up for another few weeks. Dickheads.