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In fact the really important figure is the new cases. Statistically about 10% of them will turn into deaths. There have been another 5850 in today's figure which are supposed to reflect yesterday. The confirmed cases to tests ratio is about the same 1 in 3.5 although why there seem to be a lot of multiple tests (about 25%) isn't obvious, are people turning up to be tested time after time or are the tests that unreliable? The UK needs desperately to bring it's new cases down and that you'll not do with the laxist lockdown that you have at the moment. Perhaps it's all that the government thinks the average Joe would accept but it needs to be toughened..a lot.

And is what I'd call the "surmortalité" (over death rate) for the UK known for say March 2020? In France that of March 2020 is above that of March 2019 but well below that of March 2018 when I think we had a big flu epidemic.

I think they say otherwise but my German is rusty to non-existent. However I think most of their cases are younger people in a sort of general sense. If you look at the CDG example, 1070 cases, 2 serious and no deaths so that gives you a totally false figure doesn't it. I think each nation has it's own wikipedia coronavirus article, you may be able to look that up in English or some other language you can make out.

Perhaps the Germans have managed to keep the virus away from the old, infirm and fat. Don't know if the same statistic has ever been brought to light in the UK but about 70% of France's really serious cases are very,very overweight. The young and fit just usually pass completely aside. Of the 1070 cases determined on the Charles de Gaulle (about 60% of the crew) 500 odd have no symptoms whatsoever. These are mostly young men and women, all pretty fit . Vitamin D levels are also considered important enough, so 3 months swanning about in the med probably beats hanging about in a retirement home somewhere or spending your days in an office.

In any case I'd have thought the current crisis might lead the UK (and other nations) to consider bringing a bit more production home and stop relying on just in time deliveries from far, far away. Things will just cost more though.

Who knows, I see that some Cambridge experts are saying that the virus in the US and Australia isn't always the same as that in the Far East and Europe and that it's older than we think. Virus seems so complex and variable. I spent most of yesterday afternoon perusing a chinese study that says that the virus affects the blood system and the pneumonia is a result of viral sepsis.

I'd think Ashley has about had his dose of football ownership. Unless you have money that grows on trees it's become a bit of a mug's game in the higher echelons. Fans expect far,far too much and whine whatever you do. The more you spend without getting the results they think they deserve, the more they moan.

Although he did score in a 1-0 away loss, in 2004/5

Did he play for City? Came from somewhere up in the far north, played for Derby and then Everton. Colin Bell played for City though. Now he was a ladies favourite, bit of a knob though apparently.

I see that Spurs are reportedly trying to get Poch to take a pay cut, hope he tells them to firk off. Mourinho has done no better really so they should pay whatever was agreed for their foolishness.

Yep, perhaps the Roumanians work for free, bottle tops, beer mats or something.

Can't even remember who the manager is now at Everton, it changes so often. They must be on their 5th or 6th since they got the megabucks, none of them have done particularly well. Still with their totally toxic fans it's no surprise. Must be about the worst fans in football, probably always being in the shadow of their neighbours has something to do with it.

Made it up I expect or used some sort of strange and totally erroneous correlation, just as they did with the Liebherrs.

Colin Todd was a far, far, better option against Lubanski.

He'd probably do a cracking job though.

Has your government even called for volunteers? The french did, they got about 3 times the number needed. Gets people outside with a bit of income to boot. I mean with all those students not particularily occupied just now it would be back to the good old days wouldn't it.

Tracking behind? What does that mean really, you don't seem to be bringing your infection rate down anywhere near enough, isn't that what Mr Raab has just said?

It may well be the you end up by having to toughen up the lockdown quite a bit. Can't see that it's having much effect as of yet. Sort of 3 strikes and up to 6 months in the nick sort of stuff. Don't think you have that yet do you ? Because to be honest the UK lockdown looks a bit girly from what you see in the press.

Is there not a fairly significant difference between the old testament and the new? Don't the Jews totally disregard the new testament or something like that?

Probably not no, just get replaced by another doddery old fool who'll probably not last 4 years either. Haven't they got anyone who's not 70+ and has a bit of savvy?

Well it's best for them to interpret the text in whatever way they think best. Probably let's them off explaining the incest which must have occurred right from the start. Then again as that preceeded the 10 commandments perhaps they didn't have the "codes". Basically all religious texts as we know them are just full of stuff that just cannot be explained. Which is why most educated folk just brush them aside. It's like Amy totally negating most of the storyline in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

I see that the Italian foreign minister is saying that the only way back to normality depends on finding a vaccine. Guess he might know because their lockdown is only producing very sketchy results. Still whilst people are still going to work and catching buses and trains with hoards of others I don't know that you can expect much else. The lockdowns just prevent the health systems being overrun. They aren't going to solve the problem totally, not the way they are in Europe.

Oh I've seen them alright, wonders of the www. Good job you haven't got 7000 + deaths in your care homes,they'd all be throwing stroke inducing wobblies. Ours are have a bit of a field day with the 600 odd cases on the Charles de Gaulle, result of a silly stopover on the way to Joint Warrior and trusting the matelots not to disobey the commander's orders.

So, the new spanish figures our out for the day, 500+ new deaths and more frighteningly 5000+ new cases and that with a supposedly pretty severe lockdown that's been going on for 6 weeks or so now. Don't really see how some of their politicians see that as any form of encouragement.