That's true Tolmie. Most countries I have visited consider Brits as rather eccentric and rebellious nutters.
WE do not do an awful lot to dissuade them of that impression.
I have never seen any evidence of that at all unless I've missed something. Are you suggesting that people won't give one or the other credit due too their political leaning or something? Can't quite work out your point.
in our experience its pointless going for a test these days. my daughter got tested a week ago last friday. has never heard back at all about her result and has rung up over twenty times and never been able to speak to anybody. Totally shambollic.
It is down to population density and to be fair to them they are doing the social distancing thing far better than we are.not disputing that sweden was really hard hit, just wondering why its doing so well now. its clearly isnt just down to population density otherwise they wouldnt have been hit so hard in the first place. Something else is happening that we need to understand as Heald has stated.
I've worked in Stockholm, great place, people very chilled - respectful of their environment - smart, welcoming people.
In isolation, it's too simplistic for people to try and correlate numbers with a country like Sweden and the UK.
Every nation has their fair share of knuckle draggers but we have no equal, sadly.
And then they go and smash up some other country for a 'holiday'.
Afraid so Ayrshire. As soon as the windows close and the heating gets ramped up then it's going to spread like wild fire :((I know most of the experts predicted a second wave, but did they predict when things might start to improve again? Ie are we in for a shitty 8 months or so now until the sun comes back out again?
News is absolutely depressing.
Sorry to be picky but if you put 1 grain on the first square then the final square will have 2 to the power 63 grains which will be exactly half of that number. ;-)Put one grain on the first square, double it to 2, then 4 etc. And guess how many would be on the 64th and final square. Almost everyone vastly under estimates how such growth accelerates as it looks 'small numbers' at first.
But the answer is 18,446,744,073,709,551,615.
We don't know this yet at all, it's a guess, and at this moment in time there is no evidence whatsoever that we are in the start of an out of control eruption of dangerous infection.Afraid so Ayrshire. As soon as the windows close and the heating gets ramped up then it's going to spread like wild fire :((
Yep but we knew it was coming, aside from the trollsI know most of the experts predicted a second wave, but did they predict when things might start to improve again? Ie are we in for a shitty 8 months or so now until the sun comes back out again?
News is absolutely depressing.
Sorry to be picky but if you put 1 grain on the first square then the final square will have 2 to the power 63 grains which will be exactly half of that number. ;-)
Did you not listen to the briefing ? They are not guessing lol, they are scientists ffs, if we do nothing we will be engulfed again,it is going to be winter and covid plus flu and pneumonia what do you think will happen, talk about head in the sandWe don't know this yet at all, it's a guess, and at this moment in time there is no evidence whatsoever that we are in the start of an out of control eruption of dangerous infection.
Ha ha, no worries I was just joshing, keep up the good work.Well - sadly - I did not have a clue how to work it out for mysef. That was just the number cited.
In any case the point is not the number itself just the huge under estimatation we all tend to make.
Think that depends which part of the country you're in. Think London many still working from home and if the 17% antibody figure is right they probably need different rules. I know Scotland working from home still encouraged and they think most transmission is happening with households mixing in homes and pubs.
I know most of the experts predicted a second wave, but did they predict when things might start to improve again? Ie are we in for a shitty 8 months or so now until the sun comes back out again?
News is absolutely depressing.
As I have said to you before, I am a scientist, I am speaking to many other scientists, and that is our analysis of the current figures. My head is anywhere but the sand. I am reviewing figures every single day and there is no significant resurgence in the dead or seriously ill at this time. I hope it stays that way.Did you not listen to the briefing ? They are not guessing lol, they are scientists ffs, if we do nothing we will be engulfed again,it is going to be winter and covid plus flu and pneumonia what do you think will happen, talk about head in the sand