Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
I'm sorry for your loss ed.
Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion
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Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
So sorry to hear about your sister in law. Something that's truly awful is made even worse by the virus. Hope you and your family get through to a point where you can mourn her properly.
Haven't got anything concrete to add on funeral numbers. Except that is, at the time of my Mum's funeral it was 10 mourners. However neither the funeral directors nor the crematoria did any policing or even spoke to me about numbers. This was England and was 2 months ago, but I'd guess nobody is going to intervene if the odd extra turns up.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Considering in Worthing we are down to an inflection rate of 2.7 out of 100,000, some of these numbers are scary.
List of the Top 15 worst affected areas, these are the rolling seven-day covid-19 data, from between 19th July and 26th July, shows the number of new cases per 100,000 people, and include tests both carried out by the NHS & in the community.
List of the Top 15 worst affected areas, these are the rolling seven-day covid-19 data, from between 19th July and 26th July, shows the number of new cases per 100,000 people, and include tests both carried out by the NHS & in the community.
- Blackburn with Darwen - 87.3 (up from 81.2)
- Oldham - 56.4 (up from 18.7)
- Leicester - 56.3 (down from 73.2)
- Bradford - 47.3 (up from 42.6)
- Trafford - 38.1 (up from 11.0)
- Rochdale - 35.0 (down from 47.7)
- Sandwell - 32.4 (up from 23.2)
- Hyndburn - 32.2 (down from 39.6)
- Pendle - 31.7 (up from 30.6)
- Eden - 30.3 (down from 32.1)
- Calderdale - 29.0 (up from 23.3)
- Melton - 27.4 (up from 7.8)
- Manchester - 23.2 (up from 14.2)
- Northampton - 21.3 (down from 28.0)
- Swindon - 21.2 (up from 8.1)
Below is the list of every local authority in the country, in full, showing the rate of new cases in the seven days to July 26, followed by the equivalent figure for the previous seven days to July 19.
Oldham 56.4 18.7
Leicester 56.3 73.2
Bradford 47.3 42.6
Trafford 38.1 11.0
Rochdale 35.0 47.7
Sandwell 32.4 23.2
Hyndburn 32.2 39.6
Pendle 31.7 30.6
Eden 30.3 32.1
Calderdale 29.0 23.3
Melton 27.4 7.8
Manchester 23.2 14.2
Northampton 21.3 28.0
Swindon 21.2 8.1
Preston 21.2 9.9
Kirklees 20.3 28.0
Oxford 20.1 7.1
Salford 20.0 11.0
Peterborough 19.4 19.9
Oadby and Wigston 19.3 75.4
Luton 19.1 28.5
Burnley 18.1 15.8
Gravesham 17.9 17.9
Stockport 16.8 7.9
Tameside 16.0 5.8
Sheffield 16.0 14.1
West Lancashire 15.8 4.4
Bedford 15.7 15.7
Hackney and City of London 15.6 17.7
Wolverhampton 15.3 5.0
Dartford 14.6 12.8
Bassetlaw 14.5 4.3
Bolton 14.4 15.8
High Peak 14.1 5.4
Birmingham 13.1 12.6
Wakefield 13.0 18.0
Carlisle 12.9 24.9
Bury 12.6 11.0
Ashford 12.4 22.4
Kettering 11.8 16.8
Hartlepool 11.8 6.4
Crawley 11.6 8.0
Rotherham 11.3 24.2
Corby 11.3 18.4
Watford 10.3 10.3
Tendring 10.3 7.5
Thanet 9.9 14.1
Coventry 9.5 6.8
Tunbridge Wells 9.3 4.2
Nuneaton and Bedworth 9.3 8.5
Braintree 9.2 17.2
Tonbridge and Malling 9.2 0.8
Tandridge 9.1 1.1
Folkestone and Hythe 8.9 6.2
Cambridge 8.7 2.4
Wychavon 8.6 1.6
Dover 8.5 7.7
Brent 8.5 2.7
Dacorum 8.4 3.2
Hammersmith and Fulham 8.1 2.2
Fenland 7.9 6.9
Kensington and Chelsea 7.7 3.8
Maidstone 7.6 7.6
Rutland 7.6 10.1
Barking and Dagenham 7.5 4.7
Bolsover 7.5 1.3
Reading 7.4 6.7
Copeland 7.3 2.9
West Oxfordshire 7.3 4.6
Liverpool 7.3 3.2
Tower Hamlets 7.2 5.0
South Bucks 7.1 2.9
Charnwood 7.1 6.6
Wigan 7.1 4.0
Cannock Chase 7.0 4.0
Greenwich 7.0 2.1
Havering 7.0 6.6
Blaby 7.0 13.9
Bexley 6.9 5.7
Worcester 6.9 2.9
Harrogate 6.9 3.1
Eastbourne 6.8 21.3
Chelmsford 6.8 2.8
East Staffordshire 6.7 16.9
Lichfield 6.7 4.8
Walsall 6.7 11.3
Castle Point 6.7 4.4
Ribble Valley 6.7 1.7
Brighton and Hove 6.5 3.8
Harborough 6.5 6.5
Blackpool 6.5 2.9
Ealing 6.4 3.8
Sutton 6.4 2.9
Hounslow 6.3 4.8
Huntingdonshire 6.2 5.6
Newcastle-under-Lyme 6.2 3.1
Sefton 6.2 8.0
North Warwickshire 6.2 10.8
Bromsgrove 6.1 3.0
Canterbury 6.1 10.3
Swale 6.1 4.0
Vale of White Horse 6.0 4.5
Southampton 5.9 2.4
Shropshire 5.9 0.6
Stroud 5.9 0.8
Cheshire West and Chester 5.9 6.8
Newark and Sherwood 5.8 6.6
South Lakeland 5.7 2.9
Herefordshire 5.7 23.9
Barnsley 5.7 14.3
West Berkshire 5.7 4.4
Rossendale 5.6 8.5
Amber Valley 5.5 3.2
Lambeth 5.5 3.7
Islington 5.4 3.8
St Albans 5.4 6.8
Three Rivers 5.4 1.1
Southwark 5.4 4.4
South Staffordshire 5.4 2.7
East Northamptonshire 5.3 8.5
Craven 5.3 5.3
Lewisham 5.3 5.6
Harrow 5.2 2.4
Colchester 5.2 3.1
Barnet 5.1 7.1
Ipswich 5.1 0.7
Leeds 5.1 6.8
Wellingborough 5.0 5.0
Fylde 5.0 10.0
Dudley 5.0 1.2
East Hampshire 5.0 2.5
Norwich 5.0 2.1
North East Derbyshire 4.9 3.0
North West Leicestershire 4.9 5.9
Basildon 4.8 5.9
Haringey 4.8 5.5
Adur 4.7 0.0
Solihull 4.7 8.8
Windsor and Maidenhead 4.6 4.0
Wandsworth 4.6 6.1
Hillingdon 4.6 4.9
Central Bedfordshire 4.6 6.7
Runnymede 4.5 1.1
Cotswold 4.5 2.2
Hinckley and Bosworth 4.4 6.2
Elmbridge 4.4 2.2
Babergh 4.4 2.2
Bristol 4.3 2.4
Westminster 4.3 3.5
York 4.3 1.9
Chorley 4.3 1.7
Cheltenham 4.3 3.4
Middlesbrough 4.3 5.7
East Lindsey 4.3 2.1
South Kesteven 4.2 2.8
Allerdale 4.1 7.2
Thurrock 4.1 4.1
East Suffolk 4.0 1.6
Slough 4.0 4.7
Cherwell 4.0 5.4
Wirral 4.0 2.5
Test Valley 4.0 0.0
Medway 4.0 4.3
Redbridge 3.9 6.9
West Suffolk 3.9 3.4
Lewes 3.9 4.9
Merton 3.9 3.9
Malvern Hills 3.8 0.0
Hertsmere 3.8 1.9
Hull 3.8 6.1
Exeter 3.8 2.3
Warrington 3.8 4.8
Eastleigh 3.8 4.6
Wealden 3.7 5.6
Torbay 3.7 1.5
Richmond upon Thames 3.6 2.0
Stockton 3.5 1.5
Warwick 3.5 2.8
Derby 3.5 5.8
Erewash 3.5 1.7
Kingston upon Thames 3.4 2.8
Wiltshire 3.4 2.6
Newham 3.4 6.8
Gedling 3.4 1.7
Surrey Heath 3.4 3.4
Uttlesford 3.4 7.8
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 3.3 0.9
Knowsley 3.3 3.3
Mid Sussex 3.3 4.7
Chichester 3.3 6.6
South Northamptonshire 3.2 2.2
Hastings 3.2 3.2
Doncaster 3.2 5.2
Waverley 3.2 2.4
Havant 3.2 0.8
South Cambridgeshire 3.2 7.6
Stratford-on-Avon 3.1 0.8
Chiltern 3.1 3.1
Stoke-on-Trent 3.1 4.3
Bath and North East Somerset 3.1 2.1
Maldon 3.1 6.2
Broxbourne 3.1 3.1
Staffordshire Moorlands 3.0 0.0
Woking 3.0 4.9
Stafford 2.9 3.7
Mid Suffolk 2.9 0.0
Waltham Forest 2.9 6.1
Boston 2.9 5.8
South Derbyshire 2.9 2.9
Breckland 2.9 1.4
Croydon 2.9 1.8
South Oxfordshire 2.8 1.4
Telford and Wrekin 2.8 8.4
Rugby 2.8 3.7
St. Helens 2.8 1.7
Mansfield 2.8 6.4
Southend-on-Sea 2.7 8.8
Worthing 2.7 5.5
Nottingham 2.7 4.8
South Ribble 2.7 2.7
Wyre 2.7 5.4
South Tyneside 2.7 0.7
Broxtowe 2.6 2.6
Brentwood 2.6 5.2
Milton Keynes 2.6 0.7
Rushcliffe 2.5 1.7
Arun 2.5 2.5
Epsom and Ewell 2.5 1.3
County Durham 2.5 2.3
Bracknell Forest 2.5 2.5
Mid Devon 2.4 1.2
North Tyneside 2.4 1.9
Daventry 2.4 7.1
Gosport 2.3 2.3
North Lincolnshire 2.3 3.5
Mole Valley 2.3 0.0
Wycombe 2.3 2.3
Camden 2.3 2.7
Epping Forest 2.3 3.1
Stevenage 2.3 1.1
Selby 2.2 2.2
New Forest 2.2 2.8
Northumberland 2.2 1.6
South Norfolk 2.2 1.4
Tewkesbury 2.2 1.1
South Holland 2.1 3.2
South Gloucestershire 2.1 2.1
North Devon 2.1 0.0
Lancaster 2.1 1.4
East Devon 2.1 4.2
Reigate and Banstead 2.0 1.4
Guildford 2.0 3.4
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2.0 2.3
North Norfolk 1.9 1.0
Chesterfield 1.9 2.9
Plymouth 1.9 1.5
North East Lincolnshire 1.9 3.1
Darlington 1.9 3.8
North Somerset 1.9 1.9
Portsmouth 1.9 1.9
South Somerset 1.8 1.2
Wokingham 1.8 1.2
Mendip 1.7 1.7
North Kesteven 1.7 1.7
Fareham 1.7 2.6
Basingstoke and Deane 1.7 1.1
Sevenoaks 1.7 4.2
Cheshire East 1.6 5.3
Ashfield 1.6 2.4
Halton 1.6 3.1
Bromley 1.5 1.8
North Hertfordshire 1.5 3.8
Barrow-in-Furness 1.5 0.0
Gateshead 1.5 2.5
Horsham 1.4 2.1
Derbyshire Dales 1.4 4.2
Tamworth 1.3 2.6
East Riding of Yorkshire 1.2 0.9
Forest of Dean 1.2 2.3
Harlow 1.2 2.3
Sunderland 1.1 2.9
Rushmoor 1.1 2.1
Oldham 56.4 18.7
Leicester 56.3 73.2
Bradford 47.3 42.6
Trafford 38.1 11.0
Rochdale 35.0 47.7
Sandwell 32.4 23.2
Hyndburn 32.2 39.6
Pendle 31.7 30.6
Eden 30.3 32.1
Calderdale 29.0 23.3
Melton 27.4 7.8
Manchester 23.2 14.2
Northampton 21.3 28.0
Swindon 21.2 8.1
Preston 21.2 9.9
Kirklees 20.3 28.0
Oxford 20.1 7.1
Salford 20.0 11.0
Peterborough 19.4 19.9
Oadby and Wigston 19.3 75.4
Luton 19.1 28.5
Burnley 18.1 15.8
Gravesham 17.9 17.9
Stockport 16.8 7.9
Tameside 16.0 5.8
Sheffield 16.0 14.1
West Lancashire 15.8 4.4
Bedford 15.7 15.7
Hackney and City of London 15.6 17.7
Wolverhampton 15.3 5.0
Dartford 14.6 12.8
Bassetlaw 14.5 4.3
Bolton 14.4 15.8
High Peak 14.1 5.4
Birmingham 13.1 12.6
Wakefield 13.0 18.0
Carlisle 12.9 24.9
Bury 12.6 11.0
Ashford 12.4 22.4
Kettering 11.8 16.8
Hartlepool 11.8 6.4
Crawley 11.6 8.0
Rotherham 11.3 24.2
Corby 11.3 18.4
Watford 10.3 10.3
Tendring 10.3 7.5
Thanet 9.9 14.1
Coventry 9.5 6.8
Tunbridge Wells 9.3 4.2
Nuneaton and Bedworth 9.3 8.5
Braintree 9.2 17.2
Tonbridge and Malling 9.2 0.8
Tandridge 9.1 1.1
Folkestone and Hythe 8.9 6.2
Cambridge 8.7 2.4
Wychavon 8.6 1.6
Dover 8.5 7.7
Brent 8.5 2.7
Dacorum 8.4 3.2
Hammersmith and Fulham 8.1 2.2
Fenland 7.9 6.9
Kensington and Chelsea 7.7 3.8
Maidstone 7.6 7.6
Rutland 7.6 10.1
Barking and Dagenham 7.5 4.7
Bolsover 7.5 1.3
Reading 7.4 6.7
Copeland 7.3 2.9
West Oxfordshire 7.3 4.6
Liverpool 7.3 3.2
Tower Hamlets 7.2 5.0
South Bucks 7.1 2.9
Charnwood 7.1 6.6
Wigan 7.1 4.0
Cannock Chase 7.0 4.0
Greenwich 7.0 2.1
Havering 7.0 6.6
Blaby 7.0 13.9
Bexley 6.9 5.7
Worcester 6.9 2.9
Harrogate 6.9 3.1
Eastbourne 6.8 21.3
Chelmsford 6.8 2.8
East Staffordshire 6.7 16.9
Lichfield 6.7 4.8
Walsall 6.7 11.3
Castle Point 6.7 4.4
Ribble Valley 6.7 1.7
Brighton and Hove 6.5 3.8
Harborough 6.5 6.5
Blackpool 6.5 2.9
Ealing 6.4 3.8
Sutton 6.4 2.9
Hounslow 6.3 4.8
Huntingdonshire 6.2 5.6
Newcastle-under-Lyme 6.2 3.1
Sefton 6.2 8.0
North Warwickshire 6.2 10.8
Bromsgrove 6.1 3.0
Canterbury 6.1 10.3
Swale 6.1 4.0
Vale of White Horse 6.0 4.5
Southampton 5.9 2.4
Shropshire 5.9 0.6
Stroud 5.9 0.8
Cheshire West and Chester 5.9 6.8
Newark and Sherwood 5.8 6.6
South Lakeland 5.7 2.9
Herefordshire 5.7 23.9
Barnsley 5.7 14.3
West Berkshire 5.7 4.4
Rossendale 5.6 8.5
Amber Valley 5.5 3.2
Lambeth 5.5 3.7
Islington 5.4 3.8
St Albans 5.4 6.8
Three Rivers 5.4 1.1
Southwark 5.4 4.4
South Staffordshire 5.4 2.7
East Northamptonshire 5.3 8.5
Craven 5.3 5.3
Lewisham 5.3 5.6
Harrow 5.2 2.4
Colchester 5.2 3.1
Barnet 5.1 7.1
Ipswich 5.1 0.7
Leeds 5.1 6.8
Wellingborough 5.0 5.0
Fylde 5.0 10.0
Dudley 5.0 1.2
East Hampshire 5.0 2.5
Norwich 5.0 2.1
North East Derbyshire 4.9 3.0
North West Leicestershire 4.9 5.9
Basildon 4.8 5.9
Haringey 4.8 5.5
Adur 4.7 0.0
Solihull 4.7 8.8
Windsor and Maidenhead 4.6 4.0
Wandsworth 4.6 6.1
Hillingdon 4.6 4.9
Central Bedfordshire 4.6 6.7
Runnymede 4.5 1.1
Cotswold 4.5 2.2
Hinckley and Bosworth 4.4 6.2
Elmbridge 4.4 2.2
Babergh 4.4 2.2
Bristol 4.3 2.4
Westminster 4.3 3.5
York 4.3 1.9
Chorley 4.3 1.7
Cheltenham 4.3 3.4
Middlesbrough 4.3 5.7
East Lindsey 4.3 2.1
South Kesteven 4.2 2.8
Allerdale 4.1 7.2
Thurrock 4.1 4.1
East Suffolk 4.0 1.6
Slough 4.0 4.7
Cherwell 4.0 5.4
Wirral 4.0 2.5
Test Valley 4.0 0.0
Medway 4.0 4.3
Redbridge 3.9 6.9
West Suffolk 3.9 3.4
Lewes 3.9 4.9
Merton 3.9 3.9
Malvern Hills 3.8 0.0
Hertsmere 3.8 1.9
Hull 3.8 6.1
Exeter 3.8 2.3
Warrington 3.8 4.8
Eastleigh 3.8 4.6
Wealden 3.7 5.6
Torbay 3.7 1.5
Richmond upon Thames 3.6 2.0
Stockton 3.5 1.5
Warwick 3.5 2.8
Derby 3.5 5.8
Erewash 3.5 1.7
Kingston upon Thames 3.4 2.8
Wiltshire 3.4 2.6
Newham 3.4 6.8
Gedling 3.4 1.7
Surrey Heath 3.4 3.4
Uttlesford 3.4 7.8
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 3.3 0.9
Knowsley 3.3 3.3
Mid Sussex 3.3 4.7
Chichester 3.3 6.6
South Northamptonshire 3.2 2.2
Hastings 3.2 3.2
Doncaster 3.2 5.2
Waverley 3.2 2.4
Havant 3.2 0.8
South Cambridgeshire 3.2 7.6
Stratford-on-Avon 3.1 0.8
Chiltern 3.1 3.1
Stoke-on-Trent 3.1 4.3
Bath and North East Somerset 3.1 2.1
Maldon 3.1 6.2
Broxbourne 3.1 3.1
Staffordshire Moorlands 3.0 0.0
Woking 3.0 4.9
Stafford 2.9 3.7
Mid Suffolk 2.9 0.0
Waltham Forest 2.9 6.1
Boston 2.9 5.8
South Derbyshire 2.9 2.9
Breckland 2.9 1.4
Croydon 2.9 1.8
South Oxfordshire 2.8 1.4
Telford and Wrekin 2.8 8.4
Rugby 2.8 3.7
St. Helens 2.8 1.7
Mansfield 2.8 6.4
Southend-on-Sea 2.7 8.8
Worthing 2.7 5.5
Nottingham 2.7 4.8
South Ribble 2.7 2.7
Wyre 2.7 5.4
South Tyneside 2.7 0.7
Broxtowe 2.6 2.6
Brentwood 2.6 5.2
Milton Keynes 2.6 0.7
Rushcliffe 2.5 1.7
Arun 2.5 2.5
Epsom and Ewell 2.5 1.3
County Durham 2.5 2.3
Bracknell Forest 2.5 2.5
Mid Devon 2.4 1.2
North Tyneside 2.4 1.9
Daventry 2.4 7.1
Gosport 2.3 2.3
North Lincolnshire 2.3 3.5
Mole Valley 2.3 0.0
Wycombe 2.3 2.3
Camden 2.3 2.7
Epping Forest 2.3 3.1
Stevenage 2.3 1.1
Selby 2.2 2.2
New Forest 2.2 2.8
Northumberland 2.2 1.6
South Norfolk 2.2 1.4
Tewkesbury 2.2 1.1
South Holland 2.1 3.2
South Gloucestershire 2.1 2.1
North Devon 2.1 0.0
Lancaster 2.1 1.4
East Devon 2.1 4.2
Reigate and Banstead 2.0 1.4
Guildford 2.0 3.4
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2.0 2.3
North Norfolk 1.9 1.0
Chesterfield 1.9 2.9
Plymouth 1.9 1.5
North East Lincolnshire 1.9 3.1
Darlington 1.9 3.8
North Somerset 1.9 1.9
Portsmouth 1.9 1.9
South Somerset 1.8 1.2
Wokingham 1.8 1.2
Mendip 1.7 1.7
North Kesteven 1.7 1.7
Fareham 1.7 2.6
Basingstoke and Deane 1.7 1.1
Sevenoaks 1.7 4.2
Cheshire East 1.6 5.3
Ashfield 1.6 2.4
Halton 1.6 3.1
Bromley 1.5 1.8
North Hertfordshire 1.5 3.8
Barrow-in-Furness 1.5 0.0
Gateshead 1.5 2.5
Horsham 1.4 2.1
Derbyshire Dales 1.4 4.2
Tamworth 1.3 2.6
East Riding of Yorkshire 1.2 0.9
Forest of Dean 1.2 2.3
Harlow 1.2 2.3
Sunderland 1.1 2.9
Rushmoor 1.1 2.1
gosub
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Ended up in a certain Seaside town yesterday (for various reasons). Heaving and very few masks, so ended up sat in mates backgarden. She reckoned a lot were from out of town. Which fits with travel agent I had been talking to earlier in the day (Spainish thing effected demand.) Travel agents ABTA thing helping them as well.) If there is slack in the digital thermom thingys for doorman and the like. I'd suggest prioritising the Seaside resorts, on top of everything else there are clearly people who just want a break from having to deal with things....Which is how spikes happen ...subtly gear up checking methods to stay ahead without being too antagonistic
Was a pity, a mate had been down on a weekday a few weeks back and it was no where near as crowed as media had said the weekend before. A nice day, and I'd love a swim. Reckon I've worked out how to have one next week
Was a pity, a mate had been down on a weekday a few weeks back and it was no where near as crowed as media had said the weekend before. A nice day, and I'd love a swim. Reckon I've worked out how to have one next week
ice-is-forming
let me rephrase that... Fuck off
Yes, there's a lot of people going to be left with a chronic medical condition and/or disability after surviving covid.
mr steev
magic thought wizard
A mate of mine has been really knocked about with it (14 weeks off work). A colleague of his told me yesterday that he wasn't the same after that time. In himself but also things like his taste messed up (he's gone from a big coffee drinker to hating it). We're not sure if it is related yet or not, but he had a stroke 2 days ago
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
There have been reports of increased incidence of stroke in Covid-19 survivors, so it could be related.
andysays
Love and solidarity
You are hereby appointed to do the Official Urban75 Weekly Chart Rundown, I'm sure you know the sort of thing:
"A non mover at number three, a new entry at number two, but still at number one for a covidtastic third week..."
Local restriction tiers: what you need to know
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mr steev
magic thought wizard
It's fucking shit. He's a sound bloke.
Another of my sisters friends ended up touch and go in intensive care. He's been told to expect it to take at least 6 months to get back to normal, with a chance he never will.
His mate died. All of them in their early 50s
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
"But it's only a kind of 'flu"
baldrick
hmmmmm
I'm sorry to hear about your sister in law editor - I hope the funeral goes well. Best wishes to your family.
The more I hear about how even 'mild' cases of covid have knocked people for six, the more keen I am to avoid it tbh! I know in theory you can go and do things with other people now, even indoors, but I am really not keen. Even more so as I'm back working ft in school from September and we all know kids are little germ factories
The more I hear about how even 'mild' cases of covid have knocked people for six, the more keen I am to avoid it tbh! I know in theory you can go and do things with other people now, even indoors, but I am really not keen. Even more so as I'm back working ft in school from September and we all know kids are little germ factories
Steel Icarus
we move
This is my worry. I'm dreading returning to college.I'm sorry to hear about your sister in law editor - I hope the funeral goes well. Best wishes to your family.
The more I hear about how even 'mild' cases of covid have knocked people for six, the more keen I am to avoid it tbh! I know in theory you can go and do things with other people now, even indoors, but I am really not keen. Even more so as I'm back working ft in school from September and we all know kids are little germ factories
From reading this forum and more generally elsewhere on line and IRL, so many people have had friends and family members badly affected -- serious covid illness, or even death
Condolences to anyone who's lost anyone.
By contrast, we're lucky, most of our lot are fine.
One or two (only) that we know have been mildly affected and recovered OK, although an elderly acquaintance of festivaldeb (not a close friend) did die of it in May -- he was just over 80 though
It's a bit morbid to speculate whether our case is really exceptional, but when you hear sad stories sometimes, you can't help but wonder a bit
Condolences to anyone who's lost anyone.
By contrast, we're lucky, most of our lot are fine.
One or two (only) that we know have been mildly affected and recovered OK, although an elderly acquaintance of festivaldeb (not a close friend) did die of it in May -- he was just over 80 though
It's a bit morbid to speculate whether our case is really exceptional, but when you hear sad stories sometimes, you can't help but wonder a bit
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
We've taken the decision that the course we're starting in September will be online. That's partly realism: as a diabetic, the College won't allow me onto the premises at the moment, and my co-tutor is having chemotherapy, so would also be regarded as high risk (higher risk than me, probably), so there wasn't really an option. But even if there were an option, I'd be seriously unhappy about shoving 12 people into a classroom for 7 hours.
Not just survivors either. It can be part of the main part of the illness and is still not properly understood.
From reading this forum and more generally elsewhere on line and IRL, so many people have had friends and family members badly affected -- serious covid illness, or even death
Condolences to anyone who's lost anyone.
By contrast, we're lucky, most of our lot are fine.
One or two (only) that we know have been mildly affected and recovered OK, although an elderly acquaintance of festivaldeb (not a close friend) did die of it in May -- he was just over 80 though
It's a bit morbid to speculate whether our case is really exceptional, but when you hear sad stories sometimes, you can't help but wonder a bit
I'm in the same lucky boat. I'm pretty sure me and my g/f had a glancing blow from it and my b-i-l had it bad enough to spend a night in hospital but touch wood nothing more than that.
I do think though that as we get out and about and speak to more people we're going to find out about 'people we know' who were not as fortunate. For example I was passing a pub yesterday and got chatting to a barman I know he proudly told me he was the new manager. Turns out the old manager became very ill and only just escaped with his life and has retired because of it. I suspect I'm going to hear a lot of these sorts of stories over the next few weeks and months.
Numbers
an ting!
Same here William, my brother-in-law and my best mate had mild versions early doors but so far we've (friends/family) been very lucky.From reading this forum and more generally elsewhere on line and IRL, so many people have had friends and family members badly affected -- serious covid illness, or even death
Condolences to anyone who's lost anyone.
By contrast, we're lucky, most of our lot are fine.
One or two (only) that we know have been mildly affected and recovered OK, although an elderly acquaintance of festivaldeb (not a close friend) did die of it in May -- he was just over 80 though
It's a bit morbid to speculate whether our case is really exceptional, but when you hear sad stories sometimes, you can't help but wonder a bit
prunus
Tick tock.
Checking - these are rolling 7 day totals, not rolling 7 day daily averages? I’m pretty sure that’s right, cross checking against other sources of data; ie the daily average rate over the past 7 days for Blackburn-with-Darwen was about 14.5?
I’m just trying to put these numbers into context with the debacle over the Atlantic, where I think the daily average cases per 100,000 for the whole of the US is around 19, and some places are up at around 50 per day per 100,000.
Not that we couldn’t be heading that way unless we get a grip, but it’s not as bad as there yet.
hash tag
Reaching out
Anyone see Panorama last night on care homes. Seeing care home managers trying to get infected patients foisted upon them, being unable to get medical help, arguing over whats best for a patient, unable to get people tested. A truly shocking shambles.
Panorama, The Forgotten Frontline: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000lbq0 via @bbciplayer
Panorama, The Forgotten Frontline: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000lbq0 via @bbciplayer
mr steev
magic thought wizard
There are fears that the figures in some areas are actually much higher. That the governments track & trace is designed for affluent, English speaking areas and is failing in areas with high populations of non-English speaking communities.
'We are going to take matters into our own hands': Sandwell implements own test and trace system as national scheme 'failing'
Sandwell has started their own test and trace system following a surge in coronavirus cases – as their health boss deemed the Government system as 'failing'.
elbows
Well-Known Member
There are fears that the figures in some areas are actually much higher. That the governments track & trace is designed for affluent, English speaking areas and is failing in areas with high populations of non-English speaking communities.
'We are going to take matters into our own hands': Sandwell implements own test and trace system as national scheme 'failing'
Sandwell has started their own test and trace system following a surge in coronavirus cases – as their health boss deemed the Government system as 'failing'.www.expressandstar.com
I'm just glad local authorities have the data they need to begin to do that stuff themselves now. A lot of the disgraceful failings and absurdities in this country stem from narrow mindsets that end up with the power to do a lot of damage because of the degree of centralisation in this country. Those centralising instincts have not gone away, but the pandemic is forcing them to slowly concede some stuff to the local authorities over time. If we are ever to end up with a test & trace system that is as good as Johnson likes to claim, successful implementation at the local level will be a big reason why.
The mood music sure has changed in recent weeks, in a way that is a bit better for my mental health because its less out of step with what I think the reality of the pandemic is at this stage.
I dont think the numbers we are seeing now bode very well for the prospect of schools returning as planned. Even summer wiggle room appears to have been rather modest, and I suspect there will be further reality checks to come. I'm certainly glad I picked June & July to take something of a break from my focus on the pandemic, because its not hard for me to imagine getting sucked into spending a lot more time on it again in the coming weeks and months.
Sorry for the recent personal some have experienced and described here. I'm bloody awful at responding to such tragedies in text on the internet so I usually say nothing but my thoughts are with everyone who has lost someone or know someone whose health has been wrecked by this.
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