WEEKLY COVID STATS

A bit better


27.095.1119.115.1222.12
2.17.114.121.1284.2
N.Som31177304142153188256372411368239173
Cornw204790256679173324351258176157
Bristol46350480168153166217408491434306258
Chelmsf41911501095977518781058905573328247
Exeter28312816810211714414722629224412661
Braintre42581091045827099101160890552406303
Ply301502256392107219221295327208118
IoW10417829711102539161093647382226
Liverp516330276971381712426111048809516348
Manch
466372175173196208351483443329297
Sunderl274309412161155176267514274426326327
Newcas445284449156152139147235285284226174
Swanse
39723136874769640043127920211487
Cardiff
301156247678684460470362282168122
Glasgo
286275147146151194318400325258207
Aberdee
41586115817417127928423614880
Belfast
317213109140150225504486284229175
Newry
199118113244236256756808447306210
Sandf



82106201320320189226248
W.Bod



06262287788437387337
Lostwith



5599.8190308399381349417

All lower apart from Sandford and Lostwithiel! But apart from Aberdeen, Swansea and Exeter not getting low enough. On the 5 November lockdown 2 was announced – lots of areas still way above the level then.

DESKS

Some quotes: I guess you can see where my sympathies lie.

A tidy desk is a tidy mind.

A tidy desk is a sick mind.

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind – what is an empty desk a sign of?

My room isn’t untidy, it is an obstacle course designed to keep me fit.

TRUMP AND TWITTER

I just read on Facebook an interesting comment about the role of a company to act as a censor. In this case I think it is clear that Trump overstepped the mark by some distance. A more interesting debate is whether this censorship should have been instigated some time in the past.

My front garden

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!  Whilst many see a front lawn with straight parallel lines as a thing of wonder and order, I see it as a green desert, an insult to the diversity of nature.  Uniform type of grass often sprayed with herbicides and fertilisers.  To further insult the planet it needs to be cut every 2 weeks at least.  I am not sure that there are many more boring and energy wasting activities than mowing a lawn using electricity or petrol.  I wonder what the fossil fuel energy use is in this country.

Wind trivia

Just get this bit out of the way – Farts

The Helm Wind (the only named wind in the UK) is a strong north-easterly wind hitting the southwest slopes of Cross Fell in Cumbria. When a wind blows at a constant speed and direction through a layer of stable air perpendicular to the ridge or peak of hills and mountains, the result is something called a lee wave.

COVID STATS 2 JAN 2021

Not looking good – and if pictures from NYE are anything to go by getting worse!


27.0923.105.1119.115.1219.1222.12
2.1
North Somerset3179177304142134153188256
Cornwall2029479025446679173
Bristol46228350480168137153166217
Chelmsford416891150109431597751878
Exeter28317512816810296117144147
Braintree426058109104462582709910
Plymouth30116150225637292107219
IoW10244178292871110253
Liverpool51656833027697103138171242
Manchester
458466372175175173196208
Sunderland274297309412161151155176267
Newcastle445298284449156160152139147
Swansea

397231368756747696400
Cardiff

301156247629678684460
Glasgow

286275147148146151194
Aberdeen

415861142158174171
Belfast

317213109114140150225
Newry

199118113218244236256
Sandford





82106201
W.Bodmin





06262
Lostwithiel





5599.8190

Local figures show increase, I hesitate to say exponential, but they have doubled in actual number in last week. Cornwall figures seemed to take a hit from half-term holidays and the same for the Isle of Wight. What has happened in Essex in December? There must be an explanation better than a new variant on the virus. Was it Xmas shopping?

Why has the government. … an idea…… – why not get volunteers (young and foolish!) to wear gps monitors and follow them for a week.  Monitor absolutely all their contacts and movements – they would not need to take risks, but maybe could be Uber drivers or delivery drivers – those who have no choice of isolating due to economic circumstances.  This would be so much cheaper than the billions (I cannot believe the figure for test and trace is so high (and they called it NHS test and trace when the NHS were not allowed to participate – corrupt bastards!).

HIDE AND SEEK

Covid cases rising just about everywhere, New Years Eve is tomorrow – so at 6 a.m. the Health Secretary announced the new changes to tiers to ensure everyone had at least a little time to adapt. Except he didn’t. Brexit might be important to some, but life and death is considerably more important to most. So we might get an update on the tears (not a spelling mistake) later.