? Their deaths per day are going down, but the number of recorded infections are going up. As are the global number of infections, which no one seems bothered about, now at the highest daily levels yet. it all adds to the confusion, frustration and eventually irritation when not only inaccurate data is thrown about, but conflicting currencies and metrics are used (not saying one is right and the other is wrong). Gives the politicos a get out. On a totally different matter I read a review (Sunday Times) of a book this morning that I am going to get and think you might like as well - Angrynomics by Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth - one a hedge fund manager the other a political economist, both left wing but neither prisoners of the old fashioned left wing economics. Sounds good, both in its explanation of Brexit, Trump, populism etc and in its suggested responses. I was taken by the idea that ongoing taxes on tech firms with dominant market positions/ near monopolies like google, amazon etc should fund the beginnings of a universal basic income. The reviewer pointed out that, after a brief spasm of togetherness at the beginning of the pandemic we are now getting angry again, and this will worsen as people note that the rich found isolation easy.
cannot see China on the list...I would have thought, that if this originated from there then the number of casualties would be high. Unless of course they haven't reported anything......
Those death rates you quote are similar to what I find in vg.no. Generally, they report a lot of rubbish but they do have a lot of interesting data, maps and graphs for Covid 19 in Norway, but also separately for the Nordic Countries, and Globally, if you are interested.
Well I hope not because if it is , we have not got a hope of this country obeying a second lock down due to Dominic Cummings or the economy recovering for some time yet. Stroller might yet get his chance to be proved right that this was all a bit of unnecessary panic
out of curiosity, who has been tested for Covid? And should everyone be tested? ( I know that the test is only relevant on the day you have it, but if it shows that you have the virus but don't spread it maybe this is something that should be investigated. I have no issues taking the test if this was to be made compulsory).
i had a test. This was around 3 weeks ago but i've still not received any results. I had a fever for a day and was feeling a bit light headed. After i recovered from that i had a sore throat but i'm feeling great now. My wife was absolutely fine
Coronavirus: Man dubbed ‘miracle child’ after Covid-19 recovery receives $1.1m hospital bill Danielle Zoellner 7 hrs ago please log in to view this image © Provided by The Independent A Seattle man who was dubbed “the miracle child” when he recovered from the coronavirus after being the longest-hospitalised patient has now received a $1.1m bill for his lengthy stay. Michael Flor, 70, almost died from the novel virus, but he joked his hospital bill also almost killed him after his 62-day stay rounded up to $1.1m in fees. “I opened it and said, ‘Holy (expletive)!,” the Washington resident told the Seattle Times. The 181-page hospital bill listed all the treatments and fees Mr Flor racked up while staying at Swedish Medical Centre in Issaquah, and the official amount owed stands at $1,122,501.04. Fortunately for Mr Flor, he was on Medicare when entering the facility, which means a majority of the bill will be covered. The US government could also foot portions or the entirety of the bill because Congress set aside $100bn to help hospitals and insurance companies amid the pandemic. But officials have warned this amount might not be enough, with estimates reaching $500bn in costs to treat US coronavirus patients. 0 Mr Flor told the newspaper he held some “survivor’s guilt” from surviving the virus, which often attacks the upper respiratory system. The hospital bill only added to that guilt “I feel guilty about surviving,” he said. “There’s a sense of ‘why me?’ Why did I deserve all this? Looking at the incredible cost of it all definitely adds to that survivor’s guilt.” The bill included nearly 3,000 itemized charges the man accumulated while staying in the hospital. When breaking down the bill, $408,912 was charged for the 42 days Mr Flor was in an intensive care room equipped with a special isolation chamber. Then an additional $82,215 was charged for the ventilator he used for 29 days. Two of the days when Mr Flor was in the hospital involved his hearts, lungs, and kidneys all failing, bringing him close to death. Those two days racked up $100,000 in charges as doctors worked to save the man’s life, according to the Seattle Times. Part of Mr Flor’s guilt comes from the understanding that someone is paying for the $1.1m bill. “It was a million bucks to save my life, and of course I’d say that’s money well-spent,” he said. “But I also know I might be the only one saying that.”
Must have put your alarm on for that reply so early! So boring Bob, you & army of moaning old farts running out of things to moan about eh
Look I didn’t vote the torries in or any body else at the election, yes they’ve made mistakes & should’ve acted quicker & also lockdown sooner & a full lockdown, shut the borders like other countries, sorted out the health care, but they didn’t & no one new the devastation of this virus would bring, I’m sure when this eventually dies down they will hold there hands up & admit their mistakes. But to keep going on about this day after day is boring
no ****ing idea. It was one of those mail order thingies. It arrived, i self tested and sent it back in the post (all picked up by a specialist courier). The test arrived super quick. The results i'm not expecting back at all.
