There is a risk of 'populism versus the government' over the next few days. According to live feed: I think not! The media thrive on gotcha moments and sniping at the government of the day. The worldometer website clearly shows the UK is atypical in the graphs displayed compared to Spain for example. Spain shows a pronounced peak in both infections and deaths, thus providing a clear timeline for relaxation of lockdown measures. The curves for the UK are less pronounced and thus give no clear timeline yet for relaxation measures. Why this atypical behaviour is shown is unknown, but I suspect having heathrow as the busiest hub in europe may well have a role to play. The mail claims the UK has had the most deaths in Europe.This is announced with no qualification. However in terms of deaths per million of population(a much safer metric, despite being not directly comparable) Spain, Italy annd Belgium show higher figures. Typical mainstream scaremongering with no basis in reality. UK 66.5 million Deaths 30,615 451/million Italy 60.36million Death29,998 485/million
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