CORONAVIRUS 2020: RHYTHM OF THE DEATH III

[poo]

Is that the highest ever daily total in the world (proportional to total pop)? Can't be arsed finding out myself.

[phes]

No idea how reliable as couldn't be arsed to read the blurb about how reliable it might be, but this table sorts by the last 7 days. And Lithuania is fucked, so probably the UK won't have had the worst normalised one-day total


https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/

1. Lithuania
Slovenia
Slovakia
Czech
Latvia
Croatia
Hungry
UK

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

One of the continuing themes is how treacherous data reading can be on this. There's so much to keep track of.

I was in Lithuania in February actually, last trip before lockdown happened, and even then several museums in Vilnius were fully closed. And that was a situation where there was likely fewer than 1 in 100,000 people in the country with the virus.

They took a pretty hard-line from the get go about who they were allowing in from elsewhere (so did Latvia and Hungary), but as we've seen, this delays the inevitable. Whoever was in the most vulnerable category has benefitted from a further 9 months of existence before become absolutely turbo fucked in the winter when most countries across Europe have got covid fatigue rather than doing the correct thing.

Surely anyone alive can see that if the March lockdown was necessary, the winter lockdown had to be tougher and longer.

[Sin Agog]

Huge swathes of Lithuania's younger population have fucked off.  Those who remain are largely gristled oldies who lived through the Soviets, and Polish and Russian families.  Oh, and a sizeable chunk of my dad's family.  It's not surprising they're really getting stung by this.

[Alberon]

On a deaths per million table we're still far ahead of the USA, and they're fucked.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Huge swathes of Lithuania's younger population have fucked off.  Those who remain are largely gristled oldies who lived through the Soviets, and Polish and Russian families.  Oh, and a sizeable chunk of my dad's family.  It's not surprising they're really getting stung by this.

The mix in the cities seemed totally normal to me, on the young side, if anything. Probably is desolate as fuck in the small towns.

Like many Eastern European nations there are government incentives for people to have kids due to low birth rates and brain drain holding them back.

Obviously a solution would be to allow migration but haha... Try telling them that.

[BlodwynPig]

We've been doing some analysis of Shoulder's 'movements' across Europe over the last year...the results are damning

[Chedney Honks]

Can't imagine tracking the chem trails of those coruscating Keller dumps.

[Emotional Support Peacock]

We've been doing some analysis of Shoulder's 'movements' across Europe over the last year...the results are damning

COVID Shoulders puts Typhoid Mary to shame.

[BlodwynPig]

Can't imagine tracking the chem trails of those coruscating Keller dumps.

"Jack Shit" takes on a whole new meaning

[Uncle TechTip]

"Jack Shit" takes on a whole new meaning

Isn't that their nickname for you in the Cabinet Office?

[BlodwynPig]

Isn't that their nickname for you in the Cabinet Office?

I don't know, they are barely aware of my presence

[olliebean]

Has any other country got a higher estimated prevalence than 1 in 50?

[Dr Rock]

One in 30 in London. Anywhere more scary biscuits than that?

[Dr Rock]

I don't know, they are barely aware of my presence

Good work. Time for phase 2?

[Alberon]

Slightly better figures today, though it is a Saturday and the death figures are still in four numbers.

59,937 new cases, 32,294 in hospital and 1035 dead.

One bit of good news, the Queen and Prince Philip have had the vaccine, so that's one less problem to worry about.

[Cuellar]

Open the pubs a little bit!

[BlodwynPig]

Good work. Time for phase 2?

Spoke to O'Neill and Murphy the other night.

[Dr Rock]

Phase Two completed!

I forgot the phases sorry.

[kalowski]

One in 30 in London. Anywhere more scary biscuits than that?

1 in 16 in Barking and Dagenham.

[Sin Agog]

Is there any way of getting out of jury duty if you're in a house with shielding people?

[Zetetic]

Ask to be excused, giving that as the reason. (Maybe indicate you're happy to have it delayed, if you are.)

[holdover]

I work in a large print room. There is lots of space but folk crisscross over each other's paths all day. There are about 9 folk in the area on a normal shift and only 2 of us wear masks. I've brought this up to management and informed them that I don't feel safe. I've basically been ignored and told that it's fine and just make sure that I remain 2 metres distanced.

I've just pulled up the official Scottish Gov advice on mask wearing in the workplace and it has a bit in bold - " A face covering must be worn whenever you move away from a seated position."

I'm very happy to have found this as it's what I have been saying should be happening. I'm sending the link to management soon as I get in on Monday.

Wondering if I'd be within my rights to not go in if they refuse to enforce that advice.

[Sin Agog]

Ask to be excused, giving that as the reason. (Maybe indicate you're happy to have it delayed, if you are.)

Thanks, done.  I also mentioned that time I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Hopefully combined that will be enough.

[gib]

Wondering if I'd be within my rights to not go in if they refuse to enforce that advice.

Is there a union?

[poo]

Y'know when Boris was in ITU the "right" thing to say was that you disagreed with him but hoped he would be OK? Well, on reflection, I wish he had died.

[holdover]

Is there a union?

Sadly no. I'm going to track down my H&S person and ask them too. The annoying thing is, there isn't much work to be done currently. I'm currently working 7 hours a day but with only 90 minutes of work to do.

It's quite maddening to see folk come in to the area and the start of their shift and remove their mask right away.

One chap is happy enough as he reckons "my wife has cancer. So if I catch COVID here and something happened to her I would sue the arse off of this place"

Crazy.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

1045 dead today versus 445 this time last week. Next week is going to be hitting 2000+ a day at that rate of increase.

[BlodwynPig]

1045 dead today versus 445 this time last week. Next week is going to be hitting 2000+ a day at that rate of increase.

Could be if the numbers I am seeing are representative. Beeston Hill looks particularly apocalyptic. Getting PHL in there today.

[Alberon]

I was hoping the rate of climb wasn't actually that big and the deaths a week back were only partly reported due to the holidays.