08-26-2021, 08:26 AM
(08-26-2021, 08:10 AM)baggy1 Wrote:(07-21-2021, 03:14 PM)baggy1 Wrote: 16th Sept - 929
23rd Sept - 1,439 (1.55 x previous week)
30th Sept - 2,036 (1.41 x pw)
7th Oct - 3,066 (1.51 x pw)
14th Oct - 4,313 (1.41 x pw)
21st Oct - 6,271 (1.45 x pw)
28th Oct - 9,070 (1.45 x pw)
4th Nov - 11,037 (1.22 x pw) (Lockdown 5th November)
11th Nov - 12,730 (1.15 x pw)
18th Nov - 14,490 (1.14 x pw)
25th Nov - 14,240 (0.98 x pw)
2nd Dec - 13,212 (0.93 x pw)
9th Dec - 13,467 (1.02 x pw)
16th Dec - 15,465 (1.15 x pw)
23rd Dec - 17,834 (1.15 x pw)
30th Dec - 22,713 (1.27 x pw)
6th Jan - 27,727 (1.22 x pw) (Lockdown 6th January)
13th Jan - 32,689 (1.18 x pw)
20th Jan - 33,886 (1.04 x pw)
27th Jan - 30,846 (0.91 x pw)
3rd Feb - 26,374 (0.86 x pw)
10th Feb - 20,926 (0.79 x pw)
17th Feb - 16,458 (0.79 x pw)
24th Feb - 13,007 (0.79 x pw)
3rd Mar - 9,594 (0.74 x pw)
10th Mar - 6,945 (0.73 x pw)
17th Mar - 5,397 (0.77 x pw)
24th Mar - 4,005 (0.74 x pw)
31st Mar - 3,084 (0.77 x pw)
7th April - 2,486 (0.81 x pw)
14th April - 1,972 (0.79 x pw)
21st April - 1,609 (0.82 x pw)
28th April - 1,278 (0.79 x pw)
5th May - 1,032 (0.81 x pw)
12th May - 907 (0.88 x pw)
19th May - 757 (0.83 x pw)
26th May - 745 (0.98 x pw)
2nd June - 801 (1.08 x pw)
9th June - 876 (1.09 x pw)
16th June - 1,057 (1.21 x pw)
23rd June - 1,255 (1.19 x pw)
30th June - 1,500 (1.2 x pw)
7th July - 2,144 (1.43 x pw)
14th July - 3,110 (1.45 x pw)
21st July - 4,063 (1.31 x pw)
28th July - 5182 (1.28 x pw)
4th Aug - 4,944 (0.95 x pw)
11th Aug - 5,073 (1.03 x pw)
18th Aug - 5,514 (1.09 x pw)
25th Aug - 5,922 (1.07 x pw)
Another week and another rise in the numbers in hospital albeit a small one (7% - about 400). The point that does concern me is that this should be the period where we are seeing low numbers based on schools being off and we are able to get ventilation into buildings and get out and about more, rather than being cooped up. This time last year we had 500 in hospital and now we have nearly 6k, which we can cope with but once schools go back and we start to close the windows and head back indoors then, in theory the spread will increase and we are not at a low enough base to manage a sharp increase. Last year we started to see a rise in numbers from mid-september which is three or four weeks away so buckle up because there is very little we can do now.
I am pleased to see that they have extended the vaccinations out to the 16 and 17 year olds now but it has thrown the comparable data out a bit. We are just short of 88% of the population that have had at least 1 jab which is great but we need to get that number as high as possible. There are over 6.5M people 16 or over that have not had the 1st jab, we only need 0.5% of those to need hospital care and we will have over 30k in hospital - it is so important that people step forward to get the jab if they haven't. If people don't want it for genuine reasons then so be it, but those that have the approach that 'it doesn't matter', or ' it won't affect me' need to think again.
The facts are simple - we have 1.5k more people in hospital than we did a month ago and 4.5k than 2 months ago and numbers are rising week on week. We can bury our head in the sand until we actually take the hit, or we can put some minor restrictions in place now, mask wearing mandated in all public spaces, testing or vaccination to get into events or venues as a start.
You do realise man babies will be wailing at the thought of these sensible measures. Sadly that includes a number of MPs!