COVID

Numbers soaring but it is ok says Johnson and the band of killers. he got it wrong last year and thousands died; let us all hope he has not got it wrong yet again. As ever I am confused by the stats. Deaths of people who had covid in the last 28 days is a figure often quoted as misleading. Does that include a person who died in a car crash 3 weeks ago? If this last statement is true then surely the death rate should be spiralling to record highs as perhaps as high as 1 in 10 people in London alone will have tested positive for Covid in the last 28 days?

The map of cases is showing the rest of the country following London – Bristol is unto 1424/100000 and North Somerset up to 863. Essex on 1605.

And the gutter press – which is most of it is championing Johnson – even Mel Gibson has made some trite and uneducated comment reflecting his past glory in Braveheart – jerk.

EPIDEMIOLOGY

By definition, epidemiology is the study (scientific, systematic, and data-driven) of the distribution (frequency, pattern) and determinants (causes, risk factors) of health-related states and events (not just diseases) in specified populations (neighborhood, school, city, state, country, global).

SCHOOLS

So the great leader has decreed that schools will open as normal in January. In October 2020 the German government spent £452 million improving ventilation systems in schools. The cost to the UK government would be £140 million plus add on costs for mates. New York City has provided 100000 HEPA purifiers for classrooms. UK govt has provided CO2 monitors and told teachers to open windows!

TAKING STOCK

When they say they are taking stock of the situation before introducing new measures what they really mean is they are testing public opinion. An overwhelmed NHS would be bad politically, but the anti-restriction brigade is swelling with support from the trash press. The ‘we have to live with it’ opinion is growing.

NEW YEARS HONOURS

I am going to put a list together – nominations welcome for the awards that follow-); JaFNP (Just a Fucking Nasty Person); OFII (Order ofFucking Incompetent Idiots); OUB (Order of Useless Bellends).

COVID

OFNS estimated 1 in 35 with covid 7 days ago i.e. before the surge in cases. Governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have introduced further measures, Johnson has not. I do understand the need to try and keep all businesses going, but Public Health is vital too. NHS staff absences due to sickness were 40% up on the week. In some ways Xmas is beneficial in that many people are off work anyway. Unfortunately the hospitality industry has been hammered again.

CHRISTMAS 2021

I ought to write something. Christmas Day is nearly over. I did nip down to the shop for a bottle of wine and saw Maddie which was nice. I spoke to all family on the phone, again nice. I get a lie in again tomorrow with papers not needing doing until shop opens at 9am.

MADNESS

Greta Thunberg@GretaThunberg·We’re now 2 yrs into the decisive decade. Emissions should be in an unprecedented fall, instead we’re seeing the 2nd biggest rise ever recorded. We’re wasting invaluable time pretending we can solve this crisis without treating it like a crisis. World leaders are still in denial.

To those who know of my idea – why not Sky News?? Survival of the planet vs morals? No brainer.