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Covid-19 wave 2 is here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54212654

chris poole ● 2234d8 Comments

From Sky News, so probably won't appeal to those idiots who are forever banging on about "MSM" etc.For normal people however, it is informative, easy to follow and on the whole actually quite reassuring.https://youtu.be/03cDtC_8V5k(Sorry I don't know how to embed this - anyone?)

Richard Cathcart ● 2234d

Many thanks for that. It was a good watch.

chris poole ● 2234d

" Covid: UK seeing second wave, says Boris Johnson "To repeat "says Boris Johnson"Boris Johnson has been twice sacked for lying. Once by the Editor of the "Spectator" and once by Michael Howard, then leader of the Conservative Party. Boris Johnson has claimed his interest in the Classics started at the age of nine at his first prep school. This interest persisted all the way through Eton and Oxford where he tookhis Degree at the age of 20. A Second Class Degree.In Classics.Bojo is not very bright and a proven liar. He issimply a superficially charming but cunning journalist and TV personality chosen by the Tories simply so as to win Elections The rate of growth in hospital admissions is shown in these graphshttps://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/healthcare    As to videosIf a person is unable to summarise the main pointsof a 15 minute presentation in at most four sentences, then there is no real indication as to whether they've actually understood what was said. And so no real incentive for anyone else to invest 15 minutes of their time to find out.Please note I am making no claims either way. michael adams...

Michael Adams ● 2233d

Boris is no fool much as you would like, we are doing our own thing regarding Covid, any Government can only advise.

Janice Evans ● 2233d

I get up very early, go out and aim to be back indoors by 8.a.m at the latest, myself. As to Boris Johnson all such statements are solely toprotect his own rear end, and I personally wouldn't trust him to tell me the day of the week.They should have dome more to protect the vulnerable right from the start but they never did. And still aren't. That should have been the plan. Pleasenote this is still being "advocated" as an "objective"six month on, in the linked article below. A graph for infections is on this Guardian page. The rise in positive test is outwardly alarming butallowing for time lag, hospital admissionsare still way behindhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/18/uk-entering-second-wave-of-coronavirus-boris-johnson-warnsI don't normally read or trust the Spectator but some recent articles by Prof Carl Heneghan cited on the Oxford Centre for Evidence BasedMedicine website https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/coronavirus-cases-are-mounting-but-deaths-remain-stable-why-https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/could-mass-testing-for-covid-19-do-more-harm-than-good-https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-many-covid-diagnoses-are-false-positives-Not enough to get me out of the house after 8.a.m but possibly a reason not totally destroy the UK economy.michael adams...

Michael Adams ● 2233d

The Government cannot be everywhere, the problem lies with the fact no one seems able to work on their own initiative anymore, for instance care homes have managers who are responsible for taking action on mattersSome care homes had no Covid cases at all so expect they had someone on the ball in charge, it was unusual circumstances and managers anywhere should be able to cope with keeping people safe.

Janice Evans ● 2233d

MA: "As to videosIf a person is unable to summarise the main pointsof a 15 minute presentation in at most four sentences,then there is no real indication as to whether they'veactually understood what was said. And so no realincentive for anyone else to invest 15 minutes oftheir time to find out."RC: Did you watch the video? Any of it?

Richard Cathcart ● 2233d

RC: Did you watch the video? Any of it?Which of the two sentences that you're responding to, are you having the greatest difficulty in understanding ? I also note that you've forgone the opportunityto explain the contents of the video in justa few sentences. So if you can't be bothered, why should anyone else ?michael adams...

Michael Adams ● 2233d