Well in these parts, it looks likely the former.Interesting that cases in Barnet have fallen this week compared to last (86 cases this week according to BBC, 16 fewer than last week) - don't know if this is just lack of tests, or a sign that it's not on as steep a path upwards as March/April. Yet.
Hancock announcement due 11am tomorrow - according to leader of Newcastle council
Well if this is true then it is worse than being reported.
Just a former director of the WHO who has been commentating critically on the UK government handling of the pandemic since the early days, injecting reality into a distorted early picture on many occasions. I have not monitored his track record since though.
During the most recent week (30 August to 5 September 2020), we estimate there were around 0.58 (95% credible interval: 0.38 to 0.84) new COVID-19 infections for every 10,000 people per day in the community population in England, equating to around 3,200 new cases per day (95% credible interval: 2,000 to 4,600).
Just reported it on the 4am news on 5Live.Seems unlikely. Who is the bloke claiming this?
A lot of that bollocks seems to be down to a combination of understanding (sort of) that masks don't protect you, and a misunderstanding that wearing a mask is supposed to protect you.Here's the twat and the staff he's reckelessly endangering
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Absolutely. And the reason it isn't being shouted from the rooftops is because the last thing this bunch of utter cunts in charge want or accidentally consider is the concept of people looking after one another. They're all The weak shall perish in their void heartsMy mask protects you. Your mask protects me.
I'm not sure that message is getting out clearly enough.
I don't normally go with the 'thick/selfish twats' line when it comes to specific outbreaks, preferring to focus on the context created by our inept rulers. But in this case you do have to wonder, whilst still noting it was the government that allowed crowds into Doncaster Races:
South Wales outbreak no longer blamed on 'Doncaster races trip'
Cases in Rhondda Cynon Taff linked to club outing that ‘stopped at a series of pubs’www.theguardian.com
Looks like the race meeting was forced to ban spectators after the first day:
Doncaster Racecourse told to stop spectators attending St Leger meeting
Doncaster Racecourse is told by local health officials to stop spectators attending its St Leger meeting after Wednesday's opening day.www.bbc.co.uk
So, yeah, people make some bad decisions, leading to a spike in cases, but they do it in a shitty context create by Johnson et al.
A statement on Wednesday evening from the Welsh Government clarified the party did not attend the races being held in the South Yorkshire town, as part of a pilot event for 2,500 people.
Doncaster Racecourse has confirmed it had no ticket bookings for any groups from south Wales for the event.
"Doncaster Racecourse has received no contact from any organisation, including the NHS or the Welsh Government, to verify the attendance of any individuals at last week's event for the purposes of track and trace," it said.
Is it just this country whose testing system has entirely broken does anyone know - are the testing systems in for instance France Germany etc still functioning?
Haha what the fuck.
But asked whether further measures such as a curfew could be put into place, the prime minister told The Sun newspaper: “I don’t think we are yet in that position but look around the world at what other countries are doing. What I don’t want to be doing is locking down sections of the economy.
“I remember when the pubs used to close at 11 anyway in the old days. That sort of thing, we will be looking at it.”
Haha what the fuck.
Well if this is true then it is worse than being reported.
What does "curfew" mean in the UK? We had curfews in Turkey in the Spring, and they meant people couldn't leave their homes (apart from the garden, and key worker type people with permission slips). Does it just mean pubs are closed here?