“Rishi Sunak’s spending review looked far in to the future, in some instances all the way to 2026, but he found himself unable to talk about what’s going to happen in just under five weeks time”
“You would think, given the great unforeseen hardships that lie ahead thanks to Covid-19, that now would be the time to big up the great opportunities that are about to begin. Now would be the time to mention them, wouldn’t it?”
“If they were real, that is. If they hadn’t always been lies, now would be the time to sell them.
And yet, not once. Not a whisper. Not a dicky bird. All these great opportunities, needed now more urgently than ever, at this vital moment, just slipped the chancellor’s mind. “
“It is worth noting that in the final few moments before the victors had even received their prize, they decided they could not even bring themselves to talk about it.”
Brexit? Not a whisper. Too ashamed & too scared.
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Dispelling Disinformation: If COVID-19 Doesn't Kill the Young and Fit, Why Can't We Just Ignore It? – Byline Times
“This is not just about deaths or even hospital admissions in people who survive. One in 10 of those affected are frontline health workers” bylinetimes.com/2020/11/26/dis…
“They are FAR more likely to get infected than the general public, despite being fit and young enough to work. They also deserve some protection. “
And how can they care for us, whatever our condition if they are laid low by Covid?
This was the contention in the Mail, repeated by a variety of pundits.
These are husbands, wives, parents, grandparents, children, aunts, uncles, nieces & nephews.
Are they to be written off because they have diabetes (1 in 4 adults) or high blood pressure or obesity (1 in 4)
The communication of large economic data is awful and, no matter how many times people say that talking about a loss of GDP means zero to most people it is still churned out without any effort to reduce it to terms that ordinary people can connect to.
“ Few had a wider understanding of how the economy’s growth performance might affect them and thought GDP was “economic jargon and a turn-off”, according to Mr Runge.
“The responses to questions on unemployment will prove more of a concern to the ONS and politicians because less than 40% thought a description of unemployment at around 4% was very accurate or fairly accurate. Unemployment was at that level when the research was carried out.”
Now below the week leading to the November national restrictions
Still too high.
⚰️⚰️⚰️498 (28 day) deaths
3258 the last 7 days -465 avg daily
Previous 7 days 2847 -406 avg daily
🏥 Admissions seem to be flattening but there is now a significant reporting lag especially from Scotland. Last complete day 21/11/29 with 1434 admitted in one day. Still the equivalent of a large hospital but slowing steadily.
🛌 In hospital 16,341 on Tuesday. Flattening.
There are some encouraging signs that the incoming cases are steadily dropping and the influx of patients to hospital is slowing.
But a week yesterday we will be back into the Tier system and I can see why large parts of the country are still subject to substantial restrictions.
More information seems to have come to light about the Oxford - AstraZeneca Vaccine trial. Still not complete data but the more that is emerging the unhappier reading it makes
Not just a patchwork quilt of trials with different protocols but the over 55s were poorly represented
I hope the approval process around this will be very careful and very deliberative because, right, now, I would be concerned as to whether the vaccine is as efficacious as the press release suggested.
I will be interested to hear more from experts who have viewed ALL the data
Of the 242 +ve CV-19 cases, 17% occurred in a 1-person household & 83% in multi-person households. Of 149 multi-person households where at least 1 case was reported, 70% reported a single case, while 30% reported multiple cases.