COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[DrBlueBob]

From yesterday's UK briefing

At a glance that looks horrific for the States.

 

[blueparrot]

Quite a worrying trend across the surveyed countries and likely to be replicated in the UK. If the ONS is intending to include earlier Care Home figures this week, one day may see a horribly high spike.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...hs-happen-in-care-homes-data-from-eu-suggests

No more worrying than not including them as long as at some stage they are attributed to the date of death and the trends and slopes of deaths used not daily spikes for which we will know the reason.

 

[bluemoon32]

Australia figures are very very low, any reason for that ?

 

[blueparrot]

Australia figures are very very low, any reason for that ?

Geography would be the main reason I’d guess, the cities are isolated from each other let alone other countries.

 

[twosips]

Have I missed something, but why aren’t people in care homes going to hospital.

not sure we really want to know the answer to that!

 

[worsleyweb]

Geography would be the main reason I’d guess, the cities are isolated from each other let alone other countries.

Temperature??

 

[blueparrot]

Temperature??

Maybe. Be interesting to see how places like Melbourne go as they head into their winter.

 

[Gabriel]

No more worrying than not including them as long as at some stage they are attributed to the date of death and the trends and slopes of deaths used not daily spikes for which we will know the reason.

I found the worrying trend the number of people dying in care homes. :-(

Agree with attributing them, but I would imagine that a number of these deaths will appear in the daily figures on Wednesday/Thursday this week. The government will then probably announce an extension to the lockdown on Thursday. Don’t think it’s manipulating them, just how it falls after Easter, and many realise that it is still too soon to lift the restrictions.

 

[bluemoon32]

I thought it might be that even coronavirus doesn't want to be around Aussies

 

[Gabriel]

Australia figures are very very low, any reason for that ?

Their results can’t be trusted either; probably using sandpaper on them.