Clear press briefing there from CMO and FS that things aren’t going back to normal any time soon, that the flattening of the peak is artificial - the result of distancing, that a mass use vaccine is not likely to be available in the next year...
And Governor of Bank of England makes economic case AGAINST lifting lockdown prematurely... ‘If we have a false start... that would have potentially quite difficult effects’ in Mail...
Some in public health think economic counterpart to SAGE required
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…?
Some in public health think economic counterpart to SAGE required
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…?
BUT ... v interesting thread from Newsnight Pol Ed Nick Watt on what sounds like a very interesting meeting of Tory backbenchers... who wins a debate between Sage and 1922?
Eurozone “flash” PMI survey of economic activity in April - horrific.
13.5. When less than 50 typically means economy contracting.
13.5. When less than 50 typically means economy contracting.
Blimey - UK April “flash” PMI number worse still than Eurozone also a record low of 12.9, again 50 means contraction - services measure down to 12.3.
These are unthinkable numbers, not just record lows.
These are unthinkable numbers, not just record lows.
Here are the numbers for this record low almost off scale flash estimate of PMI economic activity in UK - 12.9... see the comparison to the financial crisis a decade - a bit less awful in GErmany, bit more in France 
