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haha...now, now Fernando ! To be fair, I’ve been clear about the reasons why I think it’s very difficult to accurately compare countries now based on current confirmed cases and deaths, as we know little about actual case numbers in various countries, future spread, reinfection etc etc. I’ve...

Not good news at all Clint. Unfortunately I imagine this is going to be the case for most/all countries, at different times, as they release lockdowns. It will be a ‘suck it and see’ experiment regarding which measures can be relaxed, for how long etc etc Germany has been a very strange case to...

Nice analogy, but youre suggesting this is full time when most scientists are saying this is very early stages ? We don’t know how many waves there could be of this (I’m hoping just one or two but realistically that’s unlikely) and how it will impact nations in future For example, I’d rather be...

I think comparing the measures and what’s worked and what’s not (whilst taking into account the cultures, population etc) is probably a far more useful comparison Tonys right, NZ have done very well (got a mate and his family out there so chuffed) but very different country to us and many...

I think thats what Witty and Vallance have been taking about as the likely more accurate indicator of the impact of Covid-19 (direct and indirect) in recent weeks, however, this would still need a bit of additional work/fine tuning ps would still only be useful once the virus has been...

Spot on NW. I haven’t seen the benefit of making announcements before now for exactly that reason. The ‘treat everyone as adults’ comment (from left and right) don’t wash as we saw the large minority of ‘adults’ earlier on in the outbreak (when people ignored the advised socially distancing pre...

I think that’s all we can do for the time being djr, together with developing as good a treatment as possible as BSB mentioned yesterday If the potential new NHS app is finalised and released it will also massively help with tracing and tracking by the sounds of it. ps I’ll avoid getting into...

The government if you believe some people ;) ps just trying to minimise number of posts so once I start, struggle to stop sometimes ! (Like Pringles)

Interesting comment I overheard on the radio earlier was that standard Covid virus immunity is around 79% (I think this what was said) for around 3 years for most people. So I presume it will need quite a bit of testing in relation to re-contagion to understand if there is immunity for at least...

No worries, half the post responding to Fernandos post rather than yours mate. Will edit to reflect that

Haha, noted. The other points remain though ; )

Was going to post a similar gag, beat me to it !!! Can’t say I’m too upset, let’s just hope the next president is a bit more sane.....

Shmmeee, whoever brought up the original comparison with Italy was wrong, this isn’t some kind of competition. The fact that it’s consistently brought up every time there is bad news about the UK figures is just as bad though in my book. The fact is all countries will end up suffering badly...

No, I’d want one (or more) of the scientists on the committee to say that the government ignored the scientific advice I’ve also highlighted the two questions I’d want answering regarding Cummings attendance. As I highlighted earlier Sir King also mentioned he was shocked to hear Cummings was...

Not naive at all. Just waiting for evidence Tony. I could also question many posters naivety in just accepting what they are reading without any critical assessment/analysis and acceptance of biases etc. Dave - Also aware they are only advisors, the government has said they have followed...

As you’ve already highlighted though Clint, there are plenty of axes to grind including people feeling Cummings oversteps/overreaches his position (and want him put back in his box) I would be shocked (and disgusted) if Cummings has overruled scientific advice (and then those same scientists...

Do you really think people like Witty and Vallance (and the other scientists on the various committees) would go against their scientific beliefs because of someone like Cummings ?! There are questions to be answered regarding Cummings attendance as I mention above but I can’t quite get the...

I didn’t respond to the original post attaching the article as i found it unclear/contradictory, (so wanted to wait for more info to come out first), for example they had comments from Sir King, who was quite rightly shocked and concerned about Cummings ‘being on the committee’...however, this...

I wouldn’t be surprised to see face masks being at least encouraged as part of the relaxation of restrictions (be surprised if they became mandatory but we’ll see)

That’s a good/fair point. It’s even more relevant if you get don’t immunity through contagion. I suppose it’s one to see how it plays out.