>> coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases
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>> But this may well be due to more effective testing or a whole host of
>> other factors. Government figures though so presumably trustworthy.
This time last year we were about 8 weeks on from the Health Secretary's frigged result of 100k tests a day. We've now got Lateral Flow tests available on demand in unlimited numbers.
Not clear that positive tests compared over that time span are a reliable metric.
There are however emerging rises in the number on ventilators which is the final pinch point. before deaths escalate.
At the moment its a 40% weekly rise but from a very small number. If numbers on ventilators go on escalating by 40%/week then we'll be in trouble well before the schools go back.
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