For over 6 weeks now, COVID-19 cases across the UK have grown at approx. 7% a day. (It's not an exact fit, but it's close enough to indicate how the pandemic is progressing.)
That means the problem got twice as big every 9 days.
Yet Boris Johson STILL dithers and delays!
That means the problem got twice as big every 9 days.
Yet Boris Johson STILL dithers and delays!
He's planning to talk to MPs on Monday.
At the current pace, that means 22% more cases than now.
Imagine taking the same approach to a forest fire, or a patient bleeding out? It's unconscionable!
At the current pace, that means 22% more cases than now.
Imagine taking the same approach to a forest fire, or a patient bleeding out? It's unconscionable!
Even small sustained improvements would make a big difference, if we start NOW.
At 7% growth a day, we would be closing in on 100,000 daily cases by the end of October.
But if we could slow growth to 6% a day through stricter measures, we'd be at HALF that.
At 7% growth a day, we would be closing in on 100,000 daily cases by the end of October.
But if we could slow growth to 6% a day through stricter measures, we'd be at HALF that.
Of course, there's an obvious benefit to letting the virus rampage for longer: you get to behave more dictatorially in return.
When the flames are all around you, you can boss people around in any way you like to try and put them out. (And fling unlimited money at your friends.)
When the flames are all around you, you can boss people around in any way you like to try and put them out. (And fling unlimited money at your friends.)
More "poverty immunity for the few" than "herd immunity": so long as the pandemic rages out of control, you can keep on spaffing firehoses of cash in the direction of friends, cronies and hangers-on - with zero parliamentary oversight!
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