Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion
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elbows
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I know we were talking about mobility data the other day so here is a take on that from the BBC:
Lockdown: Are people breaking Covid rules?
The government is urging us to stay at home during the lockdown but are we?
www.bbc.co.uk
elbows
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Good news - new cases reported today are 'only' 47,525.
Bad news - new deaths reported today sets a new record of 1,564. taking the 7-day average to over 1,060 per day.
By date of death here is how things are looking, with the usual colour-coding to relate the data to date of reporting.
FridgeMagnet
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I know we were talking about mobility data the other day so here is a take on that from the BBC:
Lockdown: Are people breaking Covid rules?
The government is urging us to stay at home during the lockdown but are we?www.bbc.co.uk
That does conform with the "more people are out and about because more workplaces are open" theory.
ETA: parks in lockdown two seems weird
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
The later I think. The dead within 28 days of +tive test wasn't quite as close to 100,000 recently.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
ONS figures, i.e. with Covid on the death certificate, which was on 89,243, back on 1st, Jan - Official UK Coronavirus Dashboard
elbows
Well-Known Member
They've probably taken the ONS (+NRS & NISRA for Northern Ireland and Scotland) figures, and then added the daily dashboard figures for the period that the ONS data does not yet cover.
I'll check later.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
That does conform with the "more people are out and about because more workplaces are open" theory.
ETA: parks in lockdown two seems weird
Is it compared to the same period the year before? People going to parks instead of pubs because it's still warm enough?
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
I mean that was barely a lockdown tbh. I'm a bit baffled by why everyone seems to have gone to the park though.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
I mean it wasn't too bad in November but it still isn't classic park weather. Perhaps people would be more in the park now if it wasn't horrible out.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
so more people have died of the virus than were killed by air raids in the second world war (c.61,000 The Bombing of Britain 1940-1945 - Centre for the Study of War, State and Society - University of Exeter)
within weeks twice as many people will have been killed by the virus than died from enemy action in the uk in air raids, v1 attacks and v2 attacks between 1940 and 1945
fucking mental
within weeks twice as many people will have been killed by the virus than died from enemy action in the uk in air raids, v1 attacks and v2 attacks between 1940 and 1945
fucking mental
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
fingers crossed is all we get from his government
miss direct
misfungled
The numbers are horrifying, and it's sad that we just seem numb to it
Cid
Proper break this time
That does conform with the "more people are out and about because more workplaces are open" theory.
ETA: parks in lockdown two seems weird
Yeah. That is odd.
The workplace figures I think mean there are ~5.4m more people out and about than ld1.
I am shit at maths though.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
how long before the penguins are fed?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
too long, whatever the timeframe involved.
The parks were really busy in November - I passed through Haigh Park in Wigan on a longer walk one Sunday towards the end of the month and it was absolutely packed, summer numbers.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
there were lots of people in victoria park in london on the weekend
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
The baseline figures for Jan 2020 park-going may have been very low? Also as someone said it was mild in November and, iirc, you could meet up to 6 people in the park.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Scotland's Covid lockdown tightened with click and collect and takeaway curbs
might be coming to england then. probably have more impact than restrictions on exercise which i doubt is a huge source of transmission.
might be coming to england then. probably have more impact than restrictions on exercise which i doubt is a huge source of transmission.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
fun fun fun
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
IMO, the only safe way to navigate the parks now is to go full-on dogshit mode and stride across the wet grass avoiding the paths.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
fortunately the runners' trails were already devoid of dogshit thanks to the prompt action of a morning's worth of other people running
so i enjoyed my stroll without having to stare at my feet the whole time
It should tbh. Some of the takeaways round here are taking the piss. They've all got signs up mandating a maximum number in the shop at any one time and that masks must be worn, but don't make any attempt at all to enforce them.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
I know I'm going to sound like a grumpy old git, (again!), but the 3+ abreast, coffee-swilling, phone distracted path fillers have put me off the parks for some while now. Why can't folk just show a little forethought and common courtesy by moving to one side go the park path?
Rant over.
Rant over.
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