Maybe, but I'd say there would be far more people attending pubs, cafes, etc when the game is attended than when it is behind closed doors? And most games aren't televised free-to-air or subscription.
I was at the Norwich game on Wednesday night. Every pub, restaurant and cafe within a 5-mile radius of the stadium was rammed for several hours before the game. If it had been played behind closed doors, the vast majority would have stayed at home and watched it on TV.
This is what makes the situation in the States so insane: charging people for tests. The Senate fast-tracked an 8.3 billion dollar emergency funding package (just Rand Paul voted against, for reasons only he could explain) yesterday, but it's far too late and should have been done weeks ago.
100%. Another one is 'it's only 40 cases', demonstrating that many simply don't understand the concept of exponential growth.
Containment is key. If we can at least slow the spread we can mitigate the impact on the health services. Matt Hancock is saying the right things and I have confidence in the Department of Health. I think we are in a better position than, say, the United States.
I'd be amazed if it stays that way. Visitors arriving from every nation on Earth, intermingling in large numbers, then returning home after a couple of weeks seems like a really good way to cause an epidemiological explosion.
U.S. Officials Link COVID-19 Disinformation Campaign To Russian Proxy Accounts
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Officials in the United States have said that thousands of Russia-linked social media accounts have launched a coordinated effort to spread alarm and misinformation about the COVID-19 crisis.
The modus operandi of Vladislav Surkov.
Some are not impressed with the CDC protocols in the States:
It probably doesn't help that you-know-who fired the White House officials responsible for co-ordinating a national response to a pandemic 2 years ago.
Just got a text from my GP surgery requesting that if I'd recently flown from China and feel unwell, do not attend the surgery. Instead, contact reception by phone to ask for advice.
Is this a nationwide thing? Anyone else get something similar?
Without ignoring the stark reality of the decline, the pedant within me wants to point out that there appear to be 3 years in 1920-40 period with zero January snow on that chart?
Don't worry, it's only the weak, vulnerable, elderly, and newborn that will die.
“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”