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Actual deaths on the 22nd were 172 compared to Norway’s 5 deaths.

If you compare deaths in the UK with those in Sweden then the lockdown has been a success. Sweden reported 715 deaths from Covid19 yesterday out of a population of just over 10 million - equivalent to over 4,000 deaths in a population of 60+ million. Edit - got those figures wrong :( Deaths...

Why then hasn’t my wife been tested, nor any of her fellow care workers nor her colleagues who are in self-isolation due to having Covid19 symptoms - meaning agency staff have to be used, who haven’t been tested either.

Just received the BBC news flash regarding Prince Charles who has been confirmed as having Covid-19 but only showing mild symptoms. How come they have the facilities to test him but my wife who is a carer in a residential home for severely physically and mentally disabled adults can’t get...

So what are these key worker travel passes and who issues them - employers? My wife is a care worker in a home for adults who are severely autistic and physically disabled. She knows nothing about this.

I’d obviously seen the reports of shortages at supermarkets but nothing prepared me for my first visit to Gatwick Tesco’s today. It has been two weeks since the wife and I had been shopping, as in so called ‘high risk’ groups, we’ve both been following advice to minimise contact with others as...

Likewise the school my daughter teaches at.

Agreed in principle - the problem though is that we can’t measure infection rates against the whole population because we don’t know how many have been or are infected. The only definitive number we do have is how many have died of the disease. Even that number is debatable depending on the...

I didn’t think that was the proposal at all. All the talk coming from official sources in this country and others is that the aim is to keep the rate of infection as low as possible so as not to overload health services. I’ve not seen any claims that the actions being taken are designed to...

How long do you suppose it will be before 99% of the under 70 population are infection free? From all accounts there is likely to be a vaccine before that happens. In any case if 1% of the under 70 population are still infectious that is 500,000 people - release 10 million unprotected and...

Prepared for that :)

I understand that argument IF those told to stay isolated at home don’t do as they are told. If however those over 70 are told to self-isolate and the vast majority are obedient then they won’t catch it until the period of isolation ends at which point the whole group, 10 million or so, become...

I’m still struggling to see how isolating those over 70 is going to either protect them or the rest of the population. IF everyone over 70, (approximately a sixth of the population), does isolate themselves and manage not to contract the virus then there will be no “safe” time to end that...

The procedure put into place on the Diamond Princess was essentially a microcosm of what could happen if we had a total lock down and the whole population was put into isolation. Of course there was a lower level of cross infection all the time the lockdown was in place but what we don’t know...

I don’t see the government strategy as treating the “older folk as expendable”. In realistic terms if 80% of the general population are going to catch Covid-19 then so are 80% of the older folk. I just don’t see how you can possibly prevent that happening. That doesn’t mean us wrinklies...

What can they do? Sure, those in homes, hospitals etc. can be “protected” by, for example, reducing contacts but what about the vast majority of “at risk” individuals who are just trying to live their life as normally as possible.

The simple answer is you can’t protect the vulnerable. Unless you are willing to be locked in solitary confinement for at least 3 months then you are likely to come into contact with the virus. Even after the worst has passed there will still be the risk of infection. The best way is to...

I guess I would be considered in the “at risk” group - in my seventies with heart problems and diabetic. However I don’t see how I can possibly reduce my risk in the long term. If 80% of the general population are likely to become infectious over the next few months how am I supposed to...