Coronavirus UK Daily Statistics

[Badboybez]

video halfway down the page

https://www.thenational.scot/news/18430642.covid-19-shocking-video-shows-uk-new-zealand-differed/

Hm, well, yes, but what a load of crap, god knows why you think this a good example of how badly the UK is doing.

From the news article.

"New Zealand, which has a slightly smaller population than Scotland with 4.9 million people living in the country, has received global praise for its response to the pandemic."

And

"The UK has about 195,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and, according to the ONS, more than 30,000 deaths, while New Zealand has just 1488 and 21 deaths."

So what this article is saying is that New Zealand with a population of 4.9 million, about the same as Scotland, has far fewer deaths than the UK with a population of 68 million.
Well, the old saying of "no shit sherlock" comes to mind.

Did you post this as a joke, or are you suffering the mental effects of being confined to your home.

 

[Badboybez]

It's simply because public health services and education, are the responsibility of the devolved administrations..... you may not like it, but that's what it is....suck it up

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/coronavirus-and-devolution

The legal ins, and outs, are not what concerns me mate,, my point is that at a time of a national crisis to the United Kingdom Of England, Scotland, And Wales (to give it it's full name) all of the devolved governments should not be making unilateral statements of policy that may, or may not differ from the UK government, but should be showing a solidarity in this crisis.

 

[Car147]

The legal ins, and outs, are not what concerns me mate,, my point is that at a time of a national crisis to the United Kingdom Of England, Scotland, And Wales (to give it it's full name) all of the devolved governments should not be making unilateral statements of policy that may, or may not differ from the UK government, but should be showing a solidarity in this crisis.

Lol ok stay in your wee dream world goodluck.

 

["Misfit"]

The legal ins, and outs, are not what concerns me mate,, my point is that at a time of a national crisis to the United Kingdom Of England, Scotland, And Wales (to give it it's full name) all of the devolved governments should not be making unilateral statements of policy that may, or may not differ from the UK government, but should be showing a solidarity in this crisis.

The reason for the lack of solidarity is because the Scottish government are taking it more serious
i dont see Sturgeon going around shaking folks hands and ending up catching it.
Johnson as PM has let his Father who is supposed to be staying at home see his new Grandson,
totally irresponsible.
The sooner we get independence the better, then we dont have to follow this so called solidarity.

 

[Car147]

The reason for the lack of solidarity is because the Scottish government are taking it more serious
i dont see Sturgeon going around shaking folks hands and ending up catching it.
Johnson as PM has let his Father who is supposed to be staying at home see his new Grandson,
totally irresponsible.
The sooner we get independence the better, then we dont have to follow this so called solidarity.

Exactly, guys a complete tosser.

 

[Badboybez]

Still doesnt escape the fact that we have the 2nd highest death rate in the world going by current stats.
We are not the densest per population either
I cant find any chart listing China population and density
but will try Cities by density
London sits at #43
How many of the cities above do you reckon have a higher death count than London?
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Obviously I am not going to try to find the number of deaths of every city on that list, I will leave that to you if you are that interested in the results.

But I do wonder about the validity in that list, for example it shows Mumbai (Bombay) as the most densely populated city in the world, however in fact that honour goes to New York City with a population density of 28,210 people per square kilometre, with a death toll of 27,967, whilst London has a density of 4,932 per square kilometre, with a death toll of 5.507.
You will not find any figures for the number of deaths in Mumbai as the Indian government does not readily make that sort of information readily available, even if it were available it would not be correct due to the current situation all over India. Basicall the government put a lockdown in place with an immediate effect, but a vast proportion of workers are "migrant" so having been to to go home, and stay there, with trains, buses etc shut down many are left with no option other than to walk, and weeks later are still travelling home.

But as many have said on here there are many other things that come into play, such as "developed, or developing, or third world" countries, financial status of countries, cultural differences, and as recently reported in this country possible ethnic backgrounds.
For example, second from top of your list is Kolkata in India, however having worked there I can assure you that apart from markets you see far fewer people walking the streets in the daytime than London.

 

["Misfit"]

 

[Rickster]

The legal ins, and outs, are not what concerns me mate,, my point is that at a time of a national crisis to the United Kingdom Of England, Scotland, And Wales (to give it it's full name) all of the devolved governments should not be making unilateral statements of policy that may, or may not differ from the UK government, but should be showing a solidarity in this crisis.

There are no legal ins and outs.....to argue about..
If Scotland, Wales, NI decide to differ from England....that is their right n choice.....as of yet they have not

 

[Badboybez]

Is the UK not supposed to be an advanced nation compared to some of these other countries, so should have been better prepared.
We cant even get some plastic protective gear for our health service.

The UK is indeed an advanced nation, however this has the knock on effect that due to concentrating on "advanced" industries, and a nation that has a large proportion of people who are not prepared to work for the low pay that lower skilled tasks provide, most of such tasks are performed in Asian countries such as China, India etc.
So by the time we decided we needed vast supplies of face masks etc were already in great demand in most countries of the world including China where they are manufactured.

What we should have done from square one is shut up the borders
No planes, No boats and closed the channel tunnel.

That would mean no medical supplies at all.

As an advanced nation we should be self sufficient.

Very true, but with an ever increasing population, and concentration on high tech industries that is not possible nowadays.

As far as self sufficiency in food is concerned, that has been dwindling for decades, a combination of supermarkets driving suppliers to the brink of bankruptcy, EU trading, and agriculture policies, and the reliance on cheap migrant labour.

 

[Badboybez]

Russia doesn't seem to be doing much better than we are .................

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world...-russian-hospital-staff-working-without-masks

Yeah, but the Russians don't care, as long as they have enough Vodka.

I was watching one of the VE day 75 anniversary documentaries on TV this evening, apparently as the Russians were advancing across Russia, and the Eastern European countries drivin the Germans back to Berlin in the harsh winter the army used to mix Vodka in with their diesel to stop it freezing in the troop carriers, and tanks.

I also remember in Bulgaria, Tino, one of the guys at the factory said to me "there are no ugly women in Bulgaria, just not enough Vodka to go round"