My understanding is that it is just used to alert you if you have been near someone who has it,confirmed to have it I am not sure,or just symptoms,i don't know till I see it,you can then get a test to see if you have caught it and so on
Can you turn off Wi-Fi so they can't track you if that is your worry? I am going to have to look into it more,you have got me thinking now
The UK has over years, decades, posted seasonal flu casualties of 17k per month. This is minus other cold, virus infections that happen every year without the "news" being "on it" so much. I would like to know right now the true figure or who exactly died of Covid today and who exactly died of Flu, cold or other virus. I do honestly think the figures are distorted and ticked as Covid.
An ambulance service manager said much the same to me today. She reckons lots of deaths caused by respiratory illness are being chalked up to Covid-19; also that flu cases are corrrespondingly down. Her belief is that Covid is being exaggerated.The UK has over years, decades, posted seasonal flu casualties of 17k per month. This is minus other cold, virus infections that happen every year without the "news" being "on it" so much. I would like to know right now the true figure or who exactly died of Covid today and who exactly died of Flu, cold or other virus. I do honestly think the figures are distorted and ticked as Covid.
An ambulance service manager said much the same to me today. She reckons lots of deaths caused by respiratory illness are being chalked up to Covid-19; also that flu cases are corrrespondingly down. Her belief is that Covid is being exaggerated.
I’m not saying I agree with her by the way. I haven’t been following the stats.
But it's happening and tbh, i've had similar response from friends i know in the NHS. It's not a conspiracy, Just call out who died of what because too much is ticked to Covid
According to an analysis of ONS stats, deaths in 2020 are up by 45,000 compared to the 5 year average with practically all the extra deaths in April. If anything the 28,500 attributed to Covid 19 are understated. There were no significant deviations from the 5 year average before the last week of March so those that think they had it over Christmas are almost certainly mistaken and have confused it with other less lethal viruses.The UK has over years, decades, posted seasonal flu casualties of 17k per month. This is minus other cold, virus infections that happen every year without the "news" being "on it" so much. I would like to know right now the true figure or who exactly died of Covid today and who exactly died of Flu, cold or other virus. I do honestly think the figures are distorted and ticked as Covid.
According to an analysis of ONS stats, deaths in 2020 are up by 45,000 compared to the 5 year average with practically all the extra deaths in April. If anything the 28,500 attributed to Covid 19 are understated. There were no significant deviations from the 5 year average before the last week of March so those that think they had it over Christmas are almost certainly mistaken and have confused it with other less lethal viruses.
https://www.ft.com/content/67e6a4ee-3d05-43bc-ba03-e239799fa6abPerfect, any link? Will take in a read whilst doing nothing everyday :)
https://www.ft.com/content/67e6a4ee-3d05-43bc-ba03-e239799fa6ab
This was from 22 April when it was calculated as 41,000. 45,000 was a week ago in an update so it’s probably nearer 50,000 now.
https://www.ft.com/content/67e6a4ee-3d05-43bc-ba03-e239799fa6ab
This was from 22 April when it was calculated as 41,000. 45,000 was a week ago in an update so it’s probably nearer 50,000 now.
Some info here.well it's unclear, but evidently if you have to sign up with a bunch of personal data and it's tracking who you've been in contact with then it's gathering a certain level of data.
An ambulance service manager wouldnt be able to say either way. Paramedics pick and drop and dont see info beyond that. That isnt minimising what they do at all mind, they are great. But they dont get feedback or medical updates or diagnoses on patients they deal with. The person you spoke to is expressing an opinion and nothing with any more weight to it than thatAn ambulance service manager said much the same to me today. She reckons lots of deaths caused by respiratory illness are being chalked up to Covid-19; also that flu cases are corrrespondingly down. Her belief is that Covid is being exaggerated.
I’m not saying I agree with her by the way. I haven’t been following the stats.
I was quoting the UC Berkeley study bud, but yeah that’s terrible and would suggest 1.8% of the population of Bergamo died.There were 2,250 report Covid 19 deaths in Bergamo in early April for a population of 122k. Unofficial estimates put the death toll at at least double that
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2020/apr/06/coronavirus-bergamo-work-ethic-lockdown
Yes, we’re in May and have experienced twice as many deaths in the U.K. as we’d normally experience by this part of the year.This doesn't break down the effect of Covid, it merely states the casualties are up. It doesn't give fact on this years numbers for Flu, Cold
From the article:So the FT extracted their poll from hospital death recorded
Your own article - The FT’s analysis has extrapolated these figures using the latest trends in the daily hospital deaths
There’s an app on the way which they hope everybody will download and use to try and slow the spread and inform you if you have been close to anybody positive.
You are not forced to use it and if you’re concerned just knock off your location settings.
same with the app they want, trace you wherever you go and who you associate with in the name of "saving lives".
I was quoting the UC Berkeley study bud, but yeah that’s terrible and would suggest 1.8% of the population of Bergamo died.
Yes. She was claiming that excess deaths suggest Covid-19 is over-egged, based partly on an alleged understanding of annual epidemic statistics. I did take it that she was expressing an opinion, rather than proven fact, and was expecting someone on here might be able to shed more light.An ambulance service manager wouldnt be able to say either way. Paramedics pick and drop and dont see info beyond that. That isnt minimising what they do at all mind, they are great. But they dont get feedback or medical updates or diagnoses on patients they deal with. The person you spoke to is expressing an opinion and nothing with any more weight to it than that