Bob The Badger Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 5 minutes ago, Olton Ram said: Looks interesting. Some of their classifications look a bit off though. They've got the Mirror as centrist (less left-leaning than the Independent and Guardian), and the Telegraph only slightly right-leaning! Thanks for the heads up though ? I thought that about The Mirror but The Mirror is all over the place and seems to have little editorial direction from what I, albeit occasionally, read. And yeh I agree on The Telegraph although they have slated the government lately over Brexit so I wonder if they average out editorials. I honestly don't know. I'd put The Guardian left of The Independent too. 40 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said: Looks like a good concept, although a shame it's mainly US-based stories (as US media is a total bin fire) UK-centric version would be good. Although I suspect it would be used more to illustrate how biased towards the right-wing our papers are, rather than people using it to get a more balanced view of news ! The US suffers from a lack of national coverage because it's so big but there are good local papers even if the NYT has gone downhill. TBF, I hadn't noticed it was US-centric, but that maybe because I tend to read US news as I still feel like I have a vested interest. Hopefully once Biden is in and things came down I can focus on where I now live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerman Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Bob The Badger said: Most journalists use (or did, that could be changing now) WhatsApp because of its end to end encryption. I cannot see the name of the reporter so I'm not sure who you are referring to. But in this particular report they have quoted Medical Director Prof Adrian Harris, by name. I'm not sure how you corrupt that without a potential legal case. However, you stack it up the pressure the Royal Devon is under is directly because of Covid, yet G Stars mate seems to think it's business as usual. Anyway, thanks for jumping in, it's always interesting to get news from somebody closer to the action. I meant source as in Devon live, not the individual, my mistake for lack of clarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1of4 Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 There's various posters questioning how busy NHS hospitals have been during this pandemic. Well going by todays vote in Parliament and the number of conservative MPs that voted against keeping the NHS out of any future trade deal negotiations. Posters in years to come won't have to query the state of the NHS, as we may no loner have a NHS to worry about in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 21 hours ago, Bearwood Ram said: There's a lot of hostility on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, 1of4 said: There's various posters questioning how busy NHS hospitals have been during this pandemic. Well going by todays vote in Parliament and the number of conservative MPs that voted against keeping the NHS out of any future trade deal negotiations. Posters in years to come won't have to query the state of the NHS, as we may no loner have a NHS to worry about in the future. We won't need a NHS soon, over 1800 deaths soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 18 minutes ago, ariotofmyown said: We won't need a NHS soon, over 1800 deaths soon. Possibly, but from the BBC... "Just under half of the newly reported deaths occurred on Tuesday, while a further quarter took place on Monday or Sunday with the remainder last week or even earlier." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 7 hours ago, Olton Ram said: Looks interesting. Some of their classifications look a bit off though. They've got the Mirror as centrist (less left-leaning than the Independent and Guardian), and the Telegraph only slightly right-leaning! Thanks for the heads up though ? and the colours are wrong ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIllyD Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 14 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said: Possibly, but from the BBC... "Just under half of the newly reported deaths occurred on Tuesday, while a further quarter took place on Monday or Sunday with the remainder last week or even earlier." Is this a once a week catch up or is this the same every day ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 16 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said: Possibly, but from the BBC... "Just under half of the newly reported deaths occurred on Tuesday, while a further quarter took place on Monday or Sunday with the remainder last week or even earlier." That's why the rolling average figures are the important ones. It prevents silly cherry-picking to a certain extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 20 minutes ago, BIllyD said: Is this a once a week catch up or is this the same every day ? Once a week catch up, although it is normally a Tuesday where alot of the weekend deaths get reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 17 minutes ago, Eddie said: That's why the rolling average figures are the important ones. It prevents silly cherry-picking to a certain extent. You'd think the media would report 7 day averages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Just now, G STAR RAM said: You'd think the media would report 7 day averages. Some do - even the BBC do. Saying that, the increase in deaths was widely predicted, to the extent that they were gift-wrapped with a bow and a "Merry Christmas" label attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1of4 Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 BBC news reporting that Derby Royal is struggling to cope with the amount of coronavirus cases and may have to transfer patients to other hospitals. One nurse that was interviewed said all the staff have been working extra shifts and it was upsetting when they see protesters outside the hospital claiming there was no pandemic. If I was in charge of the hospital, I'd invite these protesting dheads in for a tour around the wards to see all the patients with the virus. I wonder how many would take the offer up and how many would be asking for PPE, before entering the building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 32 minutes ago, 1of4 said: BBC news reporting that Derby Royal is struggling to cope with the amount of coronavirus cases and may have to transfer patients to other hospitals. One nurse that was interviewed said all the staff have been working extra shifts and it was upsetting when they see protesters outside the hospital claiming there was no pandemic. If I was in charge of the hospital, I'd invite these protesting dheads in for a tour around the wards to see all the patients with the virus. I wonder how many would take the offer up and how many would be asking for PPE, before entering the building? Exactly this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Just run the numbers for the last 7 days: 8,924 deaths in the last 7 days giving an average daily mortality rate of 1,275. There have now been 93,290 UK Covid deaths from 3,505,754 recorded infections which corresponds to just over 2.66 fatalities for every 100 people infected. Grim AF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 5 minutes ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Just run the numbers for the last 7 days: 8,924 deaths in the last 7 days giving an average daily mortality rate of 1,275. There have now been 93,290 UK Covid deaths from 3,505,754 recorded infections which corresponds to just over 2.66 fatalities for every 100 people infected. Grim AF. There were people on here recently disputing my figures, still trying to claim that the death toll was < 0.1%. Well, as far as today's figures are concerned, it would already be a minimum of 0.15% if every single person in the United Kingdom had already contracted the virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 2 hours ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Just run the numbers for the last 7 days: 8,924 deaths in the last 7 days giving an average daily mortality rate of 1,275. There have now been 93,290 UK Covid deaths from 3,505,754 recorded infections which corresponds to just over 2.66 fatalities for every 100 people infected. Grim AF. Know 12 people who've had this now- two sadly passed away. One in his 40's, the other 52 . Another in an induced coma for 3 days now -56. Just read about a memorial at Forest for a paramedic who died -46. There's a change in this thing based on my experience. It seems to be more aggressive than it was. Very worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 6 hours ago, 1of4 said: BBC news reporting that Derby Royal is struggling to cope with the amount of coronavirus cases and may have to transfer patients to other hospitals. One nurse that was interviewed said all the staff have been working extra shifts and it was upsetting when they see protesters outside the hospital claiming there was no pandemic. If I was in charge of the hospital, I'd invite these protesting dheads in for a tour around the wards to see all the patients with the virus. I wonder how many would take the offer up and how many would be asking for PPE, before entering the building? What silly bstrd protests outside a hospital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 7 hours ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Just run the numbers for the last 7 days: 8,924 deaths in the last 7 days giving an average daily mortality rate of 1,275. There have now been 93,290 UK Covid deaths from 3,505,754 recorded infections which corresponds to just over 2.66 fatalities for every 100 people infected. Grim AF. Not that it makes it much less grim but that is from recorded cases only. Think its pretty safe to say that the number is much lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIllyD Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 9 hours ago, 1of4 said: BBC news reporting that Derby Royal is struggling to cope with the amount of coronavirus cases and may have to transfer patients to other hospitals. One nurse that was interviewed said all the staff have been working extra shifts and it was upsetting when they see protesters outside the hospital claiming there was no pandemic. If I was in charge of the hospital, I'd invite these protesting dheads in for a tour around the wards to see all the patients with the virus. I wonder how many would take the offer up and how many would be asking for PPE, before entering the building? Quite worrying, especially for us at most risk. Bet your mates had wished they had stuck to the rules now @G STAR RAM?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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