Rising in the North and Setting in the South: Covid-19 in the USA
US covid-19 deaths have risen, peaked and fallen very differently from those of large Western European countries.
What is causing this difference and what can we learn from it?
Straw Poll: Opinions seem to be shifting
Early in of July I took an informal poll of opinion on Covid - how supportive or critical are people of their governments. A month later I have repeated the exercise, a total of 342 people responded (last month 202).
Respondents to the survey, who were sourced by a request through …
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School closures do not slow the spread of Covid-19, according to Finnish-Swedish official study
Data Source for the above chart
UK teachers have been spooked by the confusing messages of government and media.
Campaigns by teachers' unions to only open when it is 'safe' have further reinforced the sense that schools are risky for children and teachers.
Are teachers' fears justified?
Although UK schools …
more ...Nine out of ten leading causes of death were below average in June - or were they just wrongly attributed to covid?
On the 17th July the Office for National Statistics published this astonishing chart :[1]
The Daily Mail were quick to point out that in June, covid was the third most significant cause of death [2] but no one seems to have drawn much attention to the most startling aspect of …
more ...A 'Nordic' comparison: Sweden has lower overall mortality than Finland - and Scotland!
Lockdown has strained society to the limit
Lockdowns are immensely costly. The UK Government has already planned to spend around £132 billion in the current fiscal year, which is very close to the total annual budget of the National Health Service. [1]
This planned financial expenditure of course does not …
more ...What is happening in Leicester? Why is the government imposing more lockdown measures?
As Covid-19 disappears off the radar for most of the UK, a reversal into stricter lockdown measures is being imposed on Leicester, in the North of England. Why?
Covid deaths and "Pillar One" positive tests are now very low in Leicester
Lab confirmed Covid cases for Leicester were yesterday 0 …
more ...Covid-19 policy and Scientific Rot
Many of us are wondering, "how the heck did we get here?"
Our response to a virus that is similar in lethality to previous flu epidemics resembles an attempted economic suicide. From UK politicians we hear a droning mantra of "follow the science" but to anyone paying attention, their science …
more ...Swedish Covid-19 mortality in perspective
In Sweden, over 70s comprise around 90% of Covid-19 deaths, with the majority having two or more comorbidities.
The age group seeing the most Covid fatalities is 80-89 years (41%), followed by the 90+ years category (26%). Note that average life expectancy at birth in Sweden is 81 for men …
Glad Midsommar! Covid comparison in six charts: Sweden and UK
Did lockdown work? Sweden did not have a mandatory lockdown. How does their Covid story compare to the UK's?
How many people died per day?
The overall shape of the curves for UK and Sweden is remarkably similar.
