Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Dubai Blue]

'India is dirty and unhygienic' is a stereotype.

India is a huge place with hundreds of subcultures. Comparing somewhere like Ludhiana to Chennai for example is pointless. There may be some areas with poor sanitation and others with high levels of pollution, but it's not the whole of India. The comment just stinks of colonialist stereotypes that aren't really true. Remember, India has the highest population of middle-class people in the world.

High population density probably has far more to do with the spread of COVID than anything else.

Absolutely, I agree with a lot of that, particularly the final sentence. I just disagree it's a racist comment, although he's undoubtedly thick and ill informed.

 

[Healdplace]

England hospital deaths

Is down a little but slowly slowly.

26 deaths with 4 from North West - 4 are older than a month so may be discounted.

Last week 34 with 2

wk before 33 with 8

wk before 12 with 1 (this was Easter so data was under reported) ,

wk before 40 with 8

wk before 98 with 19

 

[Healdplace]

Scotland data:

1 death - was 2 last week

133 cases - was 178 last week

1.0% positivity - was 1.3% last week

81 patients - down 12 in day - was 106 last week

11 ventilated - down 1 in day - was 13 last week.

More good data here too.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Group of scientists are saying lift all restrictions now.

Only a tiny minority, and you can count amongst them those who claimed the UK had reached herd immunity in June last year (!!) (Gupta) and that Indians shouldn't be vaccinated because they have "natural immunity"



Contrarians are important in science so ideas are challenged and new approaches developed.

But following the advice of fringe views for public policy, as we did last year, is a recipe for disaster.

Frankly, these people have blood on their hands.

 

[Healdplace]

Zoe app predictions:

998 cases down just 11 from yesterday.

18, 506 symptomatic ongoing cases - down 626 on yesterday.


Liverpool at 1460 cases per million still most in NW.

But Huddersfield and Wakefield both up around 2350 / 2400 the highest in the north.

Only Trafford and Manchester over 200 cases per million in NW and only just.

Most below 200 and Oldham and Rochdale below 100.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

On the small fringe of scientists calling for immediate reopening.

Judge them by their track record.

[Edit: remarkably, Heneghan leads the centre for "Evidence based medicine" at Oxford uni]

 

[waspish]

We need 80%+ of country vaccinated and be serous on people coming into the country being tested or needing to be vaccinated to come in..

 

[True_Blue69]

On the small fringe of scientists calling for immediate reopening.

Judge them by their track record.

[Edit: remarkably, Heneghan leads the centre for "Evidence based medicine" at Oxford uni]

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Just out of curiosity, are any of the scientists who did not get things wrong saying lockdown should be eased sooner? Your graphic suggests that only those who were wrong throughout have signed this latest letter.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Just out of curiosity, are any of the scientists who did not get things wrong saying lockdown should be eased sooner? Your graphic suggests that only those who were wrong throughout have signed this latest letter.

The graphic predates the letter. I've not looked at all of the signatories. It's, however, striking that people who have been so drastically and consistently wrong throughout pop up yet again, and get the same welcoming publicity from the same news organisations.

Despite their appalling track record.

 

[Healdplace]

Northern Ireland data:

0 deaths - was 1 last week

109 cases - was 124 last week

4.8% positive - was 4.2% last week

4 care home outbreaks - - same as yesterday - was 5 last week

Weekly cases rolling total 670 - was 695 yesterday - was 774 last week

62 patients - up 1 on testerday - was 71 last week

3 ventilated - same as yesterday - was 6 last week