US is running at about 80k per day, the 24K was probably just the eastern states reporting.
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yes. Infection numbers apparently doubling every 9 days.
I daren’t think what R number that equates to.
1.56 I think.
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I received a letter through my door today from my local Council saying that the numbers are rapidly rising in my borough and that basically try and stay at home as much as possible and limit the people coming to the house, apart from your support bubble.
This is quite worrying.
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As crazy as it might sound, this is good. I mean we have been steadily declining from 90k daily cases to 80k, 60k…to finally this at 30k.
Also, recovery rate has reached 90%.
But worryingly couple of states, namely Delhi and Kerala are on an upward swing. With the winter arriving things could get bad.
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Interesting graph - category is somewhat contrived, Taiwan and S.Korea bear comparison.
US will set a new all-time high for cases today.
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Good trend in India. I hope it continues. I wonder in a climate like that (even though I know there are parts with cooler weather) if winter will make a big difference.
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Living in New Zealand where there are no infections in the community and overall have been low due to our isolated location.
Therefore I have been little blase about the whole pandemic, however not so now as my wifes parents are still in dear old blighty and her dad has covid pneumonia and by all accounts won’t pull through as they have turned off the ventilators. To everyone please respect this virus and stay in your bubbles and remain as isolated as possible.
Just wished the UK government and people had taken this seriously.
Still hoping the stubborn old bugger will pull through 
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This is a continuation of the crappy response back in April. Without an effective vaccine, this thing will continue in perpetuity in a place like Europe.
Incredibly stringent border control, a very hard lockdown to slow the virus, then effective testing and tracing to localise outbreaks are the measures needed to be taken, as they are the measures that all countries that are successfully managing the virus have taken.
Nearly all the European nations basically went back to old ways once they came out of their lockdowns, spurning the opportunity to actually get ontop of it.
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The simple problem is human nature. We mostly got onboard with the initial lockdown, zoom meetings, DIY etc. Now everybody’s utterly pissed off and just wants to get back to normal. Filling in the wrong details on the track and trace forms, dodging quarantine, getting on a fucking airplane! Stupid “I’m alright Jack” mentality.
Sending the schools back was always going to cause a second wave. Questions about short term measures for long term results will the the subject of debate for decades I’d imagine. Any kids at school now will always be able to use the excuse that their education was hugely hampered (the irony, looking at you Marcus) by all the restrictions and lockdowns. My daughter’s spent more time in a tent than she has in school this year.
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I was at it, you didnt miss much
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In Scandinavia, we haven’t had problems with elementary schools and infection, no clusters found there unless I have missed some important news. As far as I know, there is no research to the best of my knowledge that shows that having elementary schools open is a particular problem when it comes to infection. There is however a massive problem in college and university, since that age group transfers infections to a much higher degree. So we have been having problems both in Bergen and Oslo when it comes to College and uni, student’s spreading it to fellow students (mostly due to parties, because it is rather hard to convince students not to hang out together even if they socially distance i clicks at various events). But not among the younger age groups. Of course, much has also been done to mitigate spread of the virus even at lower elementary schools.Teachers have a massive job these days, not only having to teach, but also play at being a nurse in some way. All respect to them, their job is not easy and has become temporarily much harder.
Of course, when I say massive, it is relative. We have had spikes among students, but in comparison to most countries, it isn’t very bad. But bad enough.
Yes, this is true. However, without government action to facilitate and advice, people will not do what one needs them to do. Guidance from experts is needed. Too much individualism and too strong belief in the common sense of the man or woman on the street, without proper guidance from the state, leads to the American situation I suspect. After all, it is only so bad there because the government has, and continues to do, actively acted against advice from epidemiologists.
I guess thats why those countries that have implemented ‘nanny state’ like policies such as Singapore, China, Australia, New Zealand have responded so very well. If people are too thick to see the dangers that they are posing to others, then the government needs to step in. Dont even make it possible to jump on a plane to go to another country. The UK government has at every step been an enabler.
You won’t find a single person in Melbourne who is happy with having a very heavy handed lockdown for 4 straight months, but they stayed in lockdown until they were getting less than 1 case a day. The aim in that Australian state like all others is complete eradication.
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Very sorry indeed to hear this.
My thoughts are with you and your family.
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I am very sorry to hear that. I got to admit that elderly people that develop severe pneumonia from COVID rarely survives, though one must always hope.
You have my sympathy, although I know it’s not much of a help. Take care of each other.
Very best regards. Very sorry.
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Plastic party?
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Must be awful. Crossing fingers for you.
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