As it stands, US losses to COVID-19 are just under half of those Americans killed in action in Europe during WW2. How many did Trump say would get the disease? Was it 14?
.. And of course the uk numbers are much higher... Shocking situation... My heart goes out to all those in care homes too...
Speaking to my daughter today she tells me that all her clinics and non-emergency operations have been cancelled for the whole of June. It doesn't seem that anyone expects matters to improve for a couple of months at this stage. Lots of reports today about people in the UK being on the move. Some have described it as busier than normal. My daughter lives on the main road between Milton Keynes and Aylesbury, and says it seems like any other day. Anyone who doesn't live in the rural areas that some of us do have any comment?
Priti Patel proudly informed us this evening that shoplifting has fallen during the lockdown. Has anyone told her most shops are shut?
She doesn't strike me as the type who'd know what a shop was - more the type to have minions do her shopping for her.
Queensland government have announced an easing of lockdown restrictions as from next weekend - I'm not sure what difference a week makes. The number of infections there is relatively low, around 1030 across the State, but many worry that numbers will rise as they move into winter.
I see that Trump has pulled the plug on his daily coronavirus updates from the White House, citing hostile questions from the press as the reason. I'm not sure what he expected after his ridiculous disinfectant injection idea. There is a god after all...
Based on the today's separate figures for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, a cautious estimate of the number of UK deaths linked to coronavirus by today is 43,500 There has been no new information to recalibrate the model today. Financial Times. The government were asked why numbers were not available from other sources apart from hospitals. All to do with ease of getting the information. Nothing I assume to do with their mismanagement and wish to control the bad news. The horrendous figure above does not look so far out when you look at some actual figures. Durham County Council for the 25 days to April 20th. Nearly 50% of those deaths were in care homes. 72 hospital 67 care home 6 at home
Mme has been chatting to her sister in Watford. Both her and her husband are high risk people because of underlying health issues as well as their age. Life has not changed for them as they continue to meet with their friends at social gatherings and ignore the restrictions that are in place when they do a weekly shop at M & S. Mme was not impressed, and told her so. Somehow I think it was lost on her.
it’s an appaling number, and won’t stop at that ,highest in europe by a long way , no doubt there will be lots of excuses , but there should be no hiding place for this incompetent and irresponsible govt !
I think the roads have been a lot quieter on my few trips around and about (shopping for my parents and a couple of other necessary things). I had to join the back of a 200yd queue to get into my Mum and Dad’s local supermarket, which took about 40 minutes to get to the front. But parking was easy and the roads about a third of normal traffic volume, I reckon.
Yeah, it’s fine Raab et al saying there is global demand for PPE - there is when you’ve stockpiled sweet FA after hushing up a report that said we were underprepared. Prison is too good for those responsible for the wilful neglect of those people for whom the government can only spare a weekly clap.
Just to give a bit of balance, there are some who are getting very fed up with the much stronger restrictions here after six weeks. Next Tuesday the government is supposed to be outlining how these restrictions will be slowly lifted, but when you read into some of the problems they face they are not going to be able to satisfy everyone. My granddaughter is at six form college in English terms, and a lot of the scholars are weekly boarders, with three to a flat. Problem there. Class sizes mean that every desk is taken. Problem there. Canteen full for every meal. Problem there. What is going to be the advice on tutors and pupils wearing masks? Schools are the most likely to see some relaxation of the rules first of all, but quite how that is managed remains to be seen. To those of us who live in rural areas and only go to town once a week life is not so different, but stuck in a high rise flat and life might well become difficult. A couple of weeks ago people seemed to support the government taking the action that it did, but it now is getting more questions about how it is handling things.
I think this particular horse bolted a month ago... https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/26/pass...12611459/?ito=article.mweb.share.top.facebook
The trouble is that Priti thought we had left the EU and closed all the borders. You wouldn't really expect a pupil of WGGS to be any brighter, says he who is taking evasive action.
https://metro.co.uk/video/vaccine-s...rump-proposes-injecting-disinfectant-2158482/ Wow. The pain this woman was in.
Shocking really.. All these people are the ones potentially that keep the virus going... We lost our first friend on Friday. He had MS and was in a care home.. We probably won't be able to come to terms with this until some sort of normality is returned.. But makes a mockery of all the so called PPE arguments. My sister a recently retired finance manager of a big uk corporation offered to volunteer thinking she would be shopping... She is now making two sets of medical scrubs per day for a local hospital. Please folks keep yourselves and others safe...
As of today masks must be worn in all shops and on all public transport here. On friday many people weren't using them for these things but now they have to - why do so many people need the law to intervene in cases like this ?
there is a real aversion to be told what to wear , i recall building sites when helmets weren’t compulsory, not many used them , now of course , you wouldn’t dream of not wearing one Masks are seen as alien , especially with all the hullabaloo that’s been made about certain muslims wearing coverings , oh the irony ........
Same with crash helmets ! I must admit that wearing masks can also be uncomfortable - particularly home made ones. The first time I wore one for shopping and put on glasses they steamed up immediately and I couldn't see a thing. Also keeping one on for a journey of more than half an hour by bus or train is torture.
