Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted August 29 Author Gold FFM Report Share Posted August 29 Best you wear a mask along with the tin foil hat folks Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeyoreish Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 (edited) Context. IMHO the biggest problem with the daily COVID figures reported on the mainstream news. Edited August 29 by eeyoreish Quote Not worth starting anything now...🍺 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPx Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 5 hours ago, Bibs said: Average weekly causes of death over the last month... Yes clearly a problem with the official numbers as ever. I watch the BBC reporting over 100 covid deaths every day all week and then this chart pops up saying its 242 for the weekly avg. Quote Loving Lionel and Eleanor......missing Charlie and Sonny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive59 Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 Maybe the difference is 'with' and 'from' Covid? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramjet Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 My thoughts exactly. Only takes the changing of that word by either a media outlet or a listener and the numbers don't make sense. Quote All we know is that when they stop making this, we will be properly, properly sad.Jeremy Clarkson on the Esprit. Opinions are like armpits. Everyone has them, some just stink more than others. For forum issues, please contact one of us Moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted August 31 Author Gold FFM Report Share Posted August 31 Looking at the mess left at the Reading festival on BBC news this morning - what a complete disgrace the mess is left behind. 1 Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 2 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Sparky Posted August 31 Gold FFM Report Share Posted August 31 ^^ Nastiest virus on the planet. 2 Quote British Fart to Florida, Nude to New York, Dunce to Denmark, Numpty to Newfoundland. And Shitfaced Silly Sod to Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramjet Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 You carry it there, you carry it home. Or not. Quote All we know is that when they stop making this, we will be properly, properly sad.Jeremy Clarkson on the Esprit. Opinions are like armpits. Everyone has them, some just stink more than others. For forum issues, please contact one of us Moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom kilner Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 Plenty of them left behind their disposable Amazon camping kit, but will have taken home a surprise for the family... given boardmasters produced 5000 known infections out of 75000 attendees... let's hope the reading festival organisers went even more "above and beyond national guidelines" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotusLeftLotusRight Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 Some UK statistics. 6.9 million confirmed cases so far, so that means about 10% of the population have had it and will have antibodies. I know some will have had it twice, but many more will have been asymptomatic and untested. 89% of 16+ adults have had one dose. 79% of 16+ adults have had both doses. With all that protection, wouldn’t you think we would be fully on top of it by now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted September 4 Author Gold FFM Report Share Posted September 4 4 hours ago, LotusLeftLotusRight said: With all that protection, wouldn’t you think we would be fully on top of it by now? Far better to scare everyone and get control of them. Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted September 4 Author Gold FFM Report Share Posted September 4 Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom kilner Posted September 5 Report Share Posted September 5 19 hours ago, Barrykearley said: Far better to scare everyone and get control of them. To be fair the UK government is managing a far higher daily case rate and death rate (using similar figures) than almost every other country - we are hoping to see rates falling before hospitals' busy winter season. They've done away with most legal restrictions, so they've just got "scaremongering" and "a call to the anxious" in the toolbox. It's a lot better than it was, and a lot better than it could be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
910Esprit Posted September 5 Report Share Posted September 5 Even the media are losing interest, which is nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregs24 Posted September 5 Report Share Posted September 5 On 04/09/2021 at 09:41, LotusLeftLotusRight said: Some UK statistics. 6.9 million confirmed cases so far, so that means about 10% of the population have had it and will have antibodies. I know some will have had it twice, but many more will have been asymptomatic and untested. 89% of 16+ adults have had one dose. 79% of 16+ adults have had both doses. With all that protection, wouldn’t you think we would be fully on top of it by now? Currently around 94% of adults have antibodies and this figure has been fairly static for a few weeks now. This still leaves 6% of the adult population plus children. Lots of data available here Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, antibody and vaccination data, UK - Office for National Statistics The vaccine is not a sterilising vaccine and so doesn't prevent onward transmission (although does reduce it on average) and the purpose of the vaccine is and was to prevent serious illness and death. COVID is now effectively endemic and will probably circulate at current levels +/- for the long term, as many endemic respiratory viruses do. Immunity will be topped up in the individual by vaccination (intramuscular or intranasal) and natural exposure. Current hospitalisations and deaths are well below a bad 'flu' year but (and this is a big concern) this winter will combine endemic COVID with flu and febrile colds to hit hard where vulnerable people are concerned. On 29/08/2021 at 22:25, Clive59 said: Maybe the difference is 'with' and 'from' Covid? There are three definitions of COVID deaths - all clearly explained and all the data is available Deaths in the UK | Coronavirus in the UK (data.gov.uk) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted September 5 Author Gold FFM Report Share Posted September 5 Well let’s just wait and see what we have by the end of September early October once the kids have been back to school. I’m sure the fear mongers will be out in force by then. Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom kilner Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 My kids back at school today, that's the next risk.. remember the media stories when you were allowed back in the pub? Looks like we just scraped through that one, a bit of a rise in infections and admissions, but still manageable. Throw in cold weather for indoor socialising, and that is maybe the final hurdle. 🤞 As long as you're not waiting for an artificial knee🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom kilner Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 Maybe the scaremongerers could have a pitched battle with the anti-vaxxers? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58440700 Bets anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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