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    Heartbreaking figures continue to come from Italy, with another 627 reported dead today - just 45 here, and that a 'spike' after low Easter figures. 638 in Poland and 311 in Hungary, a country of nine million people - which would be the equivalent of over 2000 in the UK. A couple of weeks ago Italy's per-million figure was about 100 behind Britain's - tomorrow they will overtake us, as Slovakia did earlier today.

     

    The third wave sweeping Europe means that three million Covid deaths is now a formality. Did anyone here predict that a year back? 

     

    Pessimistic projections come from SAGE meanwhile, predicting a late-summer surge - in hospitalisations and deaths - following the easing of restrictions in June. Cases will go up, no doubt, but won't almost everyone have been vaccinated by then? If we're going to die anyway, what was the point? 

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    Has it been made clear whether these would be made available to those who have only had the first dose, or would you have to be doubly jabbed? If your first dose is given in May, you won't be getting the next until August, which is most of the summer gone. Bit tough if you only wanted to get away for a weekend or sit in a pub garden with a few friends (and yes I know that pubs won't be asking for them next week. Anyone planning on going, by the way?). 

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    10 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

    Not that well.

    DDP Pick Derek Ufton being reported dead.

     

    I was about to put him in the cricket thread, but knowing that he won an England footie cap, I thought I'd check here first. Wicket-keeper who had a brief run as Kent's first choice between the retirement of Godfrey Evans and the emergence of Alan Knott. 

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    58 today. Nobody spot on, but several close as you'd expect.

     

    Not sure if we will get the Third Wave frankly - isn't it just our second wave, exported to mainland Europe? If we get it back again it seems it will just criss-cross the Channel indefinitely. :unsure:

     

    Anyway a low 24 for Sunday. 

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    Yes it seems a big jump from 17 to 112 which suggests the Monday figure was under-reported.

     

    Wednesday 93.

     

    Disappointing as it is to see another 100+ total our problems are insignificant compared to some of our neighbours. What must they think in Italy, which declared 551 deaths today, when they see the UK figures? And disturbing numbers continue to come from central and eastern Europe. 

     

    Realistically, who will still be dying of this thing in Britain a month from now? They will fall into three groups I suggest: those who refused the vaccine, those who were unable to receive it because of other treatment they were having, and the unlucky 10 per cent for whom it simply didn't work. I expect to see case numbers fluctuate, maybe up to 10,000 a day at times, but death numbers to continue to fall until sub-50 becomes the norm. 

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    4 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

     

     

    Oh aye, might have got carried away there. 

     

    Eden was the one in the shiny suit shouting "C'mon, c'mon..." right?

    Doesn't sound quite right, but I don't know ... Suez was his downfall - seems a bit tough to win a general election and have to quit so soon afterwards, eh, Theresa? 

     

    I was slightly off with his DoB btw, it was 1897. McMillan was born in '94. 

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    7 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

    Sunday 57 - year Sir Anthony Eden quit as Prime Minister, and the year his wife turned 15!

    Erm, I thought she was over 100 now? Eden was born in 1894, I think it would have been common knowledge if he'd married a woman 48 years younger. 

  21. Posted

    2 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said:


    This will absolutely not have anything to do with schools being opened last week. They’re perfectly safe - Johnson and Hancock and Williamson all said so.

     

    Friday: 89 - Emperor Domitian crushes a revolt against him

    I reckon it was thought likely all along that infections would rise with schools opening - the question is what would have been considered manageable. Under 10,000 maybe?  Bearing in mind the tumbling death figures it may be that that was thought an acceptable cost.

     

    Domitian was definitely not a man to get on the wrong end of. 

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  22. Posted

    Good to see sub-100 totals in the week - only concern is that new cases are up for the fourth day running. We don't really want to be back in the 6000s ... but then again, Poland 27,000 today, France 38,000 yesterday - we know that deaths follow cases; others have bigger problems ahead. 

     

    Anyways a round 100 for Friday. 

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