6th April: Virus Update
So it’s Monday, 6th April, and the Covid-19 virus has us in “lockdown”. We are urged to stay at home but are allowed to leave...
Category: Covid-19
Some analysis of the progress of the coronavirus pandemic done for my own interest. Also out of frustration that media reports often don’t take account of the most obvious factors like how large a population each country has!
18th May: another virus update
Frustrated with the incredibly poor way journalists were presenting information on the covid-19 outbreak I presented my own analysis on 6th April which used the...
30th May: Virus assessment (1)
It’s Saturday. During the last week it emerged that, during the lockdown regulations, Dominic Cummings, the Prime Minister’s chief advisor, drove 200 miles with his...
31st May: Virus assessment (2)
Has the “curve flattened”? Figure 1 shows the cumulative reported case numbers (per 100k of population) for the “worst” performing countries from the JHU site....
16th June: 2m or 1m to stay safe?
On Sunday I ventured out to Lepe Country Park to act as safety “buddy” for the duty watchkeeper. Under Coronavirus regulations a “social distancing” of...
July 1st: Life goes on!
On Tuesday 23rd June the Prime Minister announced that, from Saturday 4th July, the “Social Distancing” rules would be relaxed allowing pubs and restaurants to...
So what’s happening in the USA?
[I downloaded the data and plots for this at the start of July but then have been distracted by other tasks so I’m finishing writing...
29th March: Covid positive for the BBC!
I was on watch at NCI Stone Point on Friday and Saturday 25th/26th March, the latter shift being to fill in slot needing a qualified watchkeeper....