Mid September 2021, and eighteen months into the pandemic, what is the adult population of Britain ? The short answer is that no one has any real idea. Everything is based on guess estimates, people come up with widely differing figures. The last count was in 2011 and we counted again in 2021 with theContinue reading “September 15 2021”
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August 30 2021
How was your Bank holiday? There was plenty of choice for those wanting to catch Covid 19. There were football matches, a test match, numerous camping festivals and many other events which in England had no rules to help prevent getting infected. To be fair many of the organisers did require evidence of immunisation andContinue reading “August 30 2021”
August 23 2021
To boost or not to boost — that is the question? The WHO say firmly NO but what do you say? Do we just go with the flow, or do we stay firm and assist to immunise the rest of the world first? Israel has already begun its booster programme. The USA is about toContinue reading “August 23 2021”
August 18 2021
There are small rises across the board to report today apart from the number of tests being done. This is a little disappointing as new cases had been dropping. Wednesday figures are some of the more reliable. It may all be simple day to day fluctuations. We shall see in the coming days. Just toContinue reading “August 18 2021”
August 16 2021
We remain in the midst of a pandemic, which is the worst the world has seen for over 100 years and yet other important developments in Afghanistan continue to push it away from the headlines as there are no dramatic changes in our situation in the UK. In other parts of the world however thereContinue reading “August 16 2021”
August 9 2021
The Covid pandemic, at least in England, is in a quiet phase. The statistics for the last 3 days are influenced by the weekend. When there are only low numbers, percentage change gets distorted, and it is much better to look at the total figures for the last 7 days to get a better pictureContinue reading “August 9 2021”
August 6 2021
The number of daily tests for Covid being done seems to have settled at around 830k per day. I suspect we shall see this kind of figure throughout August although it may rise when people are testing instead of isolating. The numbers positive are 30,215 yesterday and 31, 808, only a very slight rise butContinue reading “August 6 2021”
July 30 2021
Despite the large number of different opinions being expressed by scientists and politicians alike, it does seem to me that, although this emergency is far from over, the UK is making steady progress to overcome the pandemic and return our country to a new normal, where we remember the things we have done differently andContinue reading “July 30 2021”
July 12 2021
The football may be all over but the Covid pandemic most certainly is not. The Prime Minister tonight confirmed that the planned relaxation of legal restrictions will go ahead on 19th July. Whatever the date chosen it was going to cause difficulties. There will be an inevitable exit wave of increased cases. The 19th JulyContinue reading “July 12 2021”
July 7 2021
It is often said, there are only two things certain in this life, that’s death and taxes. What it seems this country cannot cope with is uncertainty. There has certainly been plenty of that since the PM announced the planned ending of restrictions in mid-July. There have been numerous statements from politicians and scientists expressingContinue reading “July 7 2021”
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