How England went from delta disaster...........

[Maddog]

LONDON — It looked like a rolling disaster: England lifting almost all coronavirus restrictions just as the highly transmissible delta variant was sending infection rates skyrocketing.

But British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's gamble could well pay off, at least in the short term, providing a lesson to other countries desperate for any light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.

"I think the U.K. is in a very favorable position, a better position than it's ever been during the pandemic," said Francois Balloux, a professor of biosciences at University College London. "I would say the near future, and perhaps even the long-term future, looks better than it ever has before."

Crucial to Britain's apparent success are vaccines. The U.K. boasts one of the world's most successful campaigns, with more than 88 percent of adults receiving one dose, and 73 percent a second, according to government data as of Wednesday.

Even though the government's "wall of immunity" kept most vaccinated people out of hospitals and morgues, many critics worried that allowing cases to hit 200,000 a day (as one former top government scientific adviser predicted) could breed new variants and leave hundreds of thousands of people with long-Covid. Some accused Johnson's Conservative Party of paying more attention to their libertarian beliefs than science.

But the government held firm. And in mid-July, just as daily cases hit 60,000, they began to decline. More encouraging was data from Scotland, where infections not only began to fall a few weeks before England's, but were followed by a decline in hospitalizations, too.

https://news.yahoo.com/england-went-del ... 83dCIdJw-2


I had to snicker and snort a little when they described Boris as "libertarian"..

In any event, it's good news that will irritate people to no end.

That's how most good news works now..

[art0hur0moh]

LONDON — It looked like a rolling disaster: England lifting almost all coronavirus restrictions just as the highly transmissible delta variant was sending infection rates skyrocketing.

But British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's gamble could well pay off, at least in the short term, providing a lesson to other countries desperate for any light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.

"I think the U.K. is in a very favorable position, a better position than it's ever been during the pandemic," said Francois Balloux, a professor of biosciences at University College London. "I would say the near future, and perhaps even the long-term future, looks better than it ever has before."

Crucial to Britain's apparent success are vaccines. The U.K. boasts one of the world's most successful campaigns, with more than 88 percent of adults receiving one dose, and 73 percent a second, according to government data as of Wednesday.

Even though the government's "wall of immunity" kept most vaccinated people out of hospitals and morgues, many critics worried that allowing cases to hit 200,000 a day (as one former top government scientific adviser predicted) could breed new variants and leave hundreds of thousands of people with long-Covid. Some accused Johnson's Conservative Party of paying more attention to their libertarian beliefs than science.

But the government held firm. And in mid-July, just as daily cases hit 60,000, they began to decline. More encouraging was data from Scotland, where infections not only began to fall a few weeks before England's, but were followed by a decline in hospitalizations, too.

https://news.yahoo.com/england-went-del ... 83dCIdJw-2


I had to snicker and snort a little when they described Boris as "libertarian"..

In any event, it's good news that will irritate people to no end.

That's how most good news works now..

You need to stop talking about this bollocks! Algorithm's run the narrative not people!

[Cactus Jack]

Cases have started rising again and daily death are up to high double figures.

[Maddog]

Cases have started rising again and daily death are up to high double figures.

So you say, without evidence.

[Cactus Jack]

Cases have started rising again and daily death are up to high double figures.

So you say, without evidence.

Still not able to use google you poor chap - those news feeds only tell you what they want you to hear

Up to 29,852 from 21,466 - they should start down again soon as it's still summer and the weather has been better in the last seven days.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

Expect them to really go down in Mid August when a heatwave is expected and then climb again in September when the schools go back and more people test.

I

[Maddog]

Searching, searching, searching.

[Cactus Jack]

Searching, searching, searching.

And found - it's called evidence not accepting what your extreme right newsfeed tells you

[Maddog]

Cases have started rising again and daily death are up to high double figures.

So you say, without evidence.

Still not able to use google you poor chap - those news feeds only tell you what they want you to hear

Up to 29,852 from 21,466 - they should start down again soon as it's still summer and the weather has been better in the last seven days.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

Expect them to really go down in Mid August when a heatwave is expected and then climb again in September when the schools go back and more people test.

I

Thanks, the general trend is down, which doesn't set well with you does it?

[Raggamuffin]

Cases have started rising again and daily death are up to high double figures.

So you say, without evidence.

Still not able to use google you poor chap - those news feeds only tell you what they want you to hear

Up to 29,852 from 21,466 - they should start down again soon as it's still summer and the weather has been better in the last seven days.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

Expect them to really go down in Mid August when a heatwave is expected and then climb again in September when the schools go back and more people test.

I

Thanks, the general trend is down, which doesn't set well with you does it?

That's what I see too.

[Cactus Jack]

OK it's time to help Maddog with his Math again.

Which is true

A - 29,852 is more than 21,466
B -29,852 is less than 21,466

Somebody from California would only require one try - you're from Texas so you get two

[Raggamuffin]

OK it's time to help Maddog with his Math again.

Which is true

A - 29,852 is more than 21,466
B -29,852 is less than 21,466

Somebody from California would only require one try - you're from Texas so you get two

Where are those figures in your link?

[Maddog]

OK it's time to help Maddog with his Math again.

Which is true

A - 29,852 is more than 21,466
B -29,852 is less than 21,466

Somebody from California would only require one try - you're from Texas so you get two

What's the 7 day trend?

Do you know that trends require the analysis of multiple numbers and not simply two?

[Maddog]

Cases have started rising again and daily death are up to high double figures.

So you say, without evidence.

Still not able to use google you poor chap - those news feeds only tell you what they want you to hear

Up to 29,852 from 21,466 - they should start down again soon as it's still summer and the weather has been better in the last seven days.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

Expect them to really go down in Mid August when a heatwave is expected and then climb again in September when the schools go back and more people test.

I

Thanks, the general trend is down, which doesn't set well with you does it?

That's what I see too.

Well, you have excellent vision and a more upbeat disposition.

[Cactus Jack]

OK it's time to help Maddog with his Math again.

Which is true

A - 29,852 is more than 21,466
B -29,852 is less than 21,466

Somebody from California would only require one try - you're from Texas so you get two

What's the 7 day trend?

Do you know that trends require the analysis of multiple numbers and not simply two?

Do stop defelcting dear chap - it's a simple enough math question

Which is true

A - 29,852 is more than 21,466
B -29,852 is less than 21,466

If you want to carry out a linear regression to compare the fall in infection rates last year and project what happened as we moved into the colder months we can do that too - or I can.

The news isn't looking as great as you suggest.

[Maddog]

A “trend” is an upwards or downwards shift in a data set over time.