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A virologist on BBC: "The chances of you standing in a gym next to someone who has #coronavirus is now 1 in 2,000 or 2,500, so its a very slim chance."
"Slim chance"?
If 2m people who go to the gym in a week, 1,000 will have COVID.
It only took 1,356 to spark the UK .pandemic.
"Slim chance"?
If 2m people who go to the gym in a week, 1,000 will have COVID.
It only took 1,356 to spark the UK .pandemic.
For those asking, the virologist was @DrChrisSmith, aka The Naked Scientist.
He is based at Cambridge University and does the
@NakedScientists podcast for the BBC.
He interviewed by an excellent @ritula on @BBCRadio4 last night. Listen at 9m50sec. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
He is based at Cambridge University and does the
@NakedScientists podcast for the BBC.
He interviewed by an excellent @ritula on @BBCRadio4 last night. Listen at 9m50sec. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
"Do you think it is too soon to be opening gyms?" @IndependentSage's @zachking asks Professor @chrischirp.
“Yes. It clearly is,” she replies without hesitation.
This differs from @OliverDowden who says: “At last we can all get down the gym... and burn off Rishi’s meal deal.”
“Yes. It clearly is,” she replies without hesitation.
This differs from @OliverDowden who says: “At last we can all get down the gym... and burn off Rishi’s meal deal.”
1). Say what!!!
We had 126 deaths recorded today & newspapers are reporting this as a ‘GOOD NEWS STORY’!
Not only is this the “lowest Wednesday rise since lockdown” but it is a fall from yesterday’s death toll of 155.
On the day we locked down, there had been 55 deaths. 55!
We had 126 deaths recorded today & newspapers are reporting this as a ‘GOOD NEWS STORY’!
Not only is this the “lowest Wednesday rise since lockdown” but it is a fall from yesterday’s death toll of 155.
On the day we locked down, there had been 55 deaths. 55!
2). Of these 281 deaths in the UK in the last 2 days, 276 were in England.
Why is the British media reporting on soaring deaths in US & Brazil but NOT the fact UK has by far the highest death rate in the world.
If this graph had “England” it would be even further out in front.
Why is the British media reporting on soaring deaths in US & Brazil but NOT the fact UK has by far the highest death rate in the world.
If this graph had “England” it would be even further out in front.
3) When we locked down, the TOTAL death toll was 336 and we were scared
Now it is 50,000+ & we’re down the pub
The @JohnsHopkinsIH graphs
don’t include include Spain, Italy, Sweden & France (worse than US), or Belgium (Worldometer says is worse than UK). coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases
Now it is 50,000+ & we’re down the pub
The @JohnsHopkinsIH graphs
don’t include include Spain, Italy, Sweden & France (worse than US), or Belgium (Worldometer says is worse than UK). coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases
