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[existentialist]

Downing Street press briefing at 5pm today, hosted by Patel with Martin Hewitt, Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, and Dr Vin Diwakar, NHS England regional medical director for London.

Do you think she's eagerly volunteering for every opportunity to get in front of that podium, secure in her unfounded belief that she's absolutely storming it and doing a great job?

It'd be even funnier if it turns out that she's actually the only member of Cabinet who wants to do it...

 

[prunus]

Do you think she's eagerly volunteering for every opportunity to get in front of that podium, secure in her unfounded belief that she's absolutely storming it and doing a great job?

It'd be even funnier if it turns out that she's actually the only member of Cabinet who wants to do it...

It's a lectern...

 

[existentialist]

It's a lectern...

Yeah, yeah, but there'd have to be some kind of podium in order for her to be visible above the lectern!

 

[Espresso]

She does have a little box to stand on, I noticed that the last time she was on the middle mic.

 

[elbows]

Do you think she's eagerly volunteering for every opportunity to get in front of that podium, secure in her unfounded belief that she's absolutely storming it and doing a great job?

It'd be even funnier if it turns out that she's actually the only member of Cabinet who wants to do it...

Well it was clear in the first wave and first lockdown that they really hated having to do them every day (even though its the right thing to do in terms of creating a certain mood and flow of info when the public are enduring exceptional circumstances), and that a large number of ministers were nonentities when it came to this sort of performance.

Johnson clearly doesnt want to do more than 1 a week unless its a big week where new lockdowns etc get announced, or the latest oven ready u-turn. And there are plenty of weeks where he tries to get away with doing none at all if he can help it.

Patel is probably featuring more at the moment because the government decided to put some emphasis on enforcement of existing measures this time around, although the substance on this front is still almost non-existent.

 

[2hats]

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But is that using some kind of mathematical function that doesn't know anything about data that's available from elsewhere?

You yourself posted the answer to your question immediately above it.

It's a spline fit indicating the range of possibilities that are smoothly consistent with all the available data without overfitting.

 

[maomao]

It's a lectern...

A Podium Is the Same Thing as a Lectern

We'd say it from a podium if we had to

www.merriam-webster.com

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Never see a scantily clad lectern dancer though do you?

 

[prunus]

Never see a scantily clad lectern dancer though do you?

Wait til 5pm...

 

[zora]

Quick Drosten update on the UK variant: After being sceptical of the estimates of increased transmissability based on the initial incidental epidemiological data, he now sees an increased transmissability of 25-35% as confirmed. [Late edit, as I have just revisited some of this: The point was not to give an exact figure, or to say the increase is less than previously thought, but to say that increased transmissability is now confirmed, rather than assumed.]
This is still based on epidemiological research, but from a specifically designed study, rather than incidental data. What makes the variant more transmissable is still unknown. Higher viral load apparently has not been confirmed. He expects some more conclusive laboratory results in the next couple of weeks. [This is all to the best of my understanding.]

 

[cupid_stunt]

Today's daily figures -

New cases - 37,892.

New deaths - 1,290, not as scary as the last two days, which were catching-up on the weekend lag, but still slightly up on last Thursday's 1,248, adding another 6 to the 7-day average, from 1,217 yesterday to 1,223 today.

 

[cupid_stunt]

From next week, people attending parties & other gatherings of over 15 people will face fines of £800 each, up from the current £200.

 

[souljacker]

No mention by the copper of the 9 filth that were having breakfast in a cafe the other week. Nine police officers fined £200 each after having breakfast together in cafe

 

[brogdale]

Well, at least we now know who is to blame for the 100k dead...it's those pesky kids and their drugs parties...nothing to do with the capitalists' workplaces or their incompetent government.

 

[souljacker]

So the general gist of tonights press conf is we are all cunts and its our fault.

 

[brogdale]

Worst covid news briefing yet?

 

[brogdale]

Oh...FFS, as soon as she's off script...fucking mince.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

So the general gist of tonights press conf is we are all cunts and its our fault.

 

[LDC]

She's just unwatchable.

 

[LDC]

FFS, house parties WITH MIXING DECKS, yeah, that's why we've had 100,000 dead.

 

[Petcha]

She's comically shit. God I hate her. I really do. Even if she wasn't Home Secretary and I met her at a house party (of fewer than 14 people), I'd make a beeline for the other side of the room.

Odious? I think think that fits?

 

[Artaxerxes]

FFS, house parties WITH MIXING DECKS, yeah, that's why we've had 100,000 dead.

Those care homes man, nothing but old boys whacked off tits on ketamine and dancing to acid trance while the woman, oh man, what goers

 

[fishfinger]

FFS, house parties WITH MIXING DECKS, yeah, that's why we've had 100,000 dead.

They must be socially distanced decks!

 

[brogdale]

She's just unwatchable.

I watched; she's only capable of reading a script written for her and repeating the one line she can memorise.

 

[elbows]

Today's daily figures -

New cases - 37,892.

New deaths - 1,290, not as scary as the last two days, which were catching-up on the weekend lag, but still slightly up on last Thursday's 1,248, adding another 6 to the 7-day average, from 1,217 yesterday to 1,223 today.

A prolonged period with over 1000 deaths a day by date of death.

 

[Petcha]

I watched; she's only capable of reading a script written for her and repeating the one line she can memorise.

People who attend house parties are 'morally reprehensible'. Yes, true. But how about jumped little bullies who abuse their junior underlings? hmm?

 

[Supine]

UK vaccine supplies almost got flooded out yesterday

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[brogdale]

A prolonged period with over 1000 deaths a day by date of death.

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10 days @ 1k+

 

[ddraig]

I got a letter asking if available to work elections early May

 

[cupid_stunt]

I got a letter asking if available to work elections early May

I'll be very surprised if they take place in May, more likely they'll be put off until the summer at the earliest.