The infection rate has never been a very good indicator of the spread of the virus in the UK because testing rates have been so low. Now testing rates are being ramped up, obviously the infection rate is going to seem to go up. As a means of detecting whether infection is spreading again it is not presently very useful. It will only become useful if we can sustain a large and fairly even rate of testing for a couple of weeks at least. Until then, the only fairly consistent, reliable indicator we have is deaths reported in hospital, which has been recorded with sufficient similarity across the country from the outset.
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Originally Posted by gba93
Could someone explain why Sir Kier is respecting the 11am 1 minute silence at 11:05?  |
I'm going to be charitable and suggest his photographer was also respecting the silence at actual 11am ...
We used to regularly 'stunt up' a photo after the fact on the papers (Local and regional press have rarely been able to get a photographer on scene quickly for anything). Rookie error having a clock in the background though.