06-09-2020, 03:37 PM
11
Re: Weekly Covid cases in England up to highest level since June
I think it was on BBC News or The Andrew Marr Show this morning where it was said that the latest swab tests are now thought to be far too sensitive and are picking up remnants of long dead virus particles in peoples' samples. These false positives are now skewing the data. However, there is little point in reducing the sensitivity of the testing regime because some positive results would be missed.
06-09-2020, 06:15 PM
12
Re: Weekly Covid cases in England up to highest level since June
Coronavirus: Further 2,988 cases confirmed in UKhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54050342
It is the highest number reported on a single day since 22 May and a rise of 1,175 on Saturday, according to the UK government's coronavirus dashboard.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was "concerned" about a rise in cases "predominantly among young people".
06-09-2020, 06:19 PM
13
Re: Weekly Covid cases in England up to highest level since June
Can anyone make sense of this? It seems we're to be given unlicensed vaccines! With no comeback if things go wrong?https://www.gov.uk/government/consul...r-vaccinations
06-09-2020, 06:41 PM
14
Re: Weekly Covid cases in England up to highest level since June
Originally Posted by TessA
->
Can anyone make sense of this? It seems we're to be given unlicensed vaccines! With no comeback if things go wrong?https://www.gov.uk/government/consul...r-vaccinations
06-09-2020, 06:44 PM
15
Re: Weekly Covid cases in England up to highest level since June
This graph, see halfway down the page:Daily New Deaths in the United Kingdom
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus//country/uk/
puts it into perspective.
06-09-2020, 06:47 PM
16
Re: Weekly Covid cases in England up to highest level since June
Originally Posted by Mups
->
I read a different perspective on these Corvid figures, and I must say this made sense to me.Quote:
The odds of catching Covid in England are about 44 in a million a day, Office for National Statistics data shows.
There are between 1200 and 4200 new infections daily.
Unquote.
UK population (rounded up) 68,000,000
Recorded COVID-19 cases to date (Rounded up) 350,00
Percentage of cases against population = 350,000/68,000,000*100 = 0.5%
0.5% doesn't sound a lot but, if my calculations are correct then 1 person, young or old, in every 200 has been recorded as a COVID-19 case. If the infection rate stays at 2,000 per day then, by Xmas, there will have been 600,000 cases (or thereabouts), which is getting on for 1 out of every 100 people (1% of the population) .....
That's very simplistic and takes no account of variables but it illustrates that the longer the pandemic lasts then the more chance that the uninfected will be infected. That sounds obvious but it's clear that certain elements of the population haven't grasped the fact that the pandemic is NOT over until the fat lady sings .....
06-09-2020, 06:56 PM
17
Re: Weekly Covid cases in England up to highest level since June
Originally Posted by Omah
->
I was thinking about those odds and I've no idea how they were calculated but my calculations go like this:UK population (rounded up) 68,000,000
Recorded COVID-19 cases to date (Rounded up) 350,00
Percentage of cases against population = 350,000/68,000,000*100 = 0.5%
0.5% doesn't sound a lot but, if my calculations are correct then 1 person, young or old, in every 200 has been recorded as a COVID-19 case. If the infection rate stays at 2,000 per day then, by Xmas, there will have been 600,000 cases (or thereabouts), which is getting on for 1 out of every 100 people (1% of the population) .....
That's very simplistic and takes no account of variables but it illustrates that the longer the pandemic lasts then the more chance that the uninfected will be infected.
The death rate is all relevant, and that's now very low. Maybe the whole world will have it by Xmas, maybe that will be not a bad thing.
06-09-2020, 07:04 PM
18
Re: Weekly Covid cases in England up to highest level since June
Originally Posted by d00d
->
The death rate is all relevant, and that's now very low. Maybe the whole world will have it by Xmas, maybe that will be not a bad thing.
06-09-2020, 07:12 PM
19
Re: Weekly Covid cases in England up to highest level since June
Originally Posted by Omah
->
I'm sad that you're looking forward to being infected .....
But now you mention it ...
If it's no longer killing us, then perhaps it's for the best.
In the meantime, I'll be keeping a low profile.
06-09-2020, 07:25 PM
20
Re: Weekly Covid cases in England up to highest level since June
Originally Posted by d00d
->
I didn't say that.But now you mention it ...
If it's no longer killing us, then perhaps it's for the best.
In the meantime, I'll be keeping a low profile.
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
