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The Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee has a session of inquiry into "Preparations for Coronavirus" this afternoon that may be of interest. Starts at 13:45 according to https://committees.parliament.uk/, though the https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/cced67ec-c445-4698-a21b-7d9ff8a01354 channel, at which it can be caught live or in recording, says 14:00, which I think is more likely. A written transcript usually turns up shortly thereafter. I suspect I'll find it a lot more interesting and less stressing than this, fairly typical, forum thread. I'm continuing to update, at the top of page 6, the daily counts of confirmed cases in Southwark, as issued at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51768274. It's now at 33. I wonder if some of the variability in the apparent rate of increase (latest counts: 11, 13, 28, 33) could be due as much to the way cases reach official awareness as to the real-world incidence, which is likely to be higher, perhaps much higher. I trust that there are various stratagems in operation, such as GP surgery reports or random population sampling, to get ongoing true estimates of the numbers actually infected. Can anyone recommend any other public fora, newsgroups, mailing lists, blogs,etc where there's any fairly expert discussion of the issues and science? I'm feeling nostalgia for the days of Usenet, etc. Despite being over 70, the idea of getting infected early and over with, and becoming a free and potentially useful agent again, is a tempting one.

For electricity: ? 0) Check with a neighbour to confirm that it's general 1) Find from google the electricity network provider for London 2) Check https://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/power-cut [ETA] or their list https://ukpn.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/power-cut-list/ I can't see any current power cut on their map for the area. Or any mention at all on the list. Was it a brief cut?

It looks to me like one of these: http://www.kness.com/store/pc/Big-Snap-E-Rat-Trap-2p5.htm.

Presumably it wasn't the last two cans? :)

> from what has transpired it now appears > that Boris is willing to allow between > 300,000 - 500,000 citizens to die, > before their natural time What is it that has transpired that you're referring to?

> It should put the community (which > includes many vulnerable people > as well as those who work at or > are visiting friends & relatives > in Kings College Hospital down > the road) first in this situation. I hope and trust that those groups will by now already be very wary of unduly increasing their risk of exposure.

> Italy death rate, death vs recovered is over 40%. I'm sorry, this isn't clear to me. What are the source figures you're using?

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TE44 Wrote:at /forum/read.php?20,2096178#msg-2101480 ------------------------------------------------------- > Blah Blah I am aware there is planning around > viruses an different scenarios. I d nt trust the > Who nor the CDC, The institutional organisatios > involved with our health need to be more > transparent and more answerable for there action. > The one thing I feel we can be absolutely sure of, > from these organisations and others connected with > them is we will not be told the truth, maybe > little snippets thrown in. Some snippets here: https://www.who.int/influenza/vaccines/virus/en/.

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> how many people in Southwark have it? 11 confirmed to date. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51768274 [ETA The BBC site will have got the data each day from https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/. See the About The Data link at the top of that page for an account of its composition. These are cases confirmed by a precise lab test, which amounts to two sets of people: patients admitted to hospital plus medical workers.] 13 twenty four hours later. 28 when Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 15 March 33 when Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 16 March 58 when Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 17 March 70 Update of 18 March 82 Figures last updated 17:00 GMT, 19 March 110 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 20 March 134 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 21 March 139 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 22 March 154 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 23 March 181 Figures last updated 24 March 209 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 25 March 253 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 26 March 290 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 27 March 319 Figures last updated 28 March 365 Figures last updated 09:00 BST, 29 March 368 Figures last updated 30 March 415 Figures last updated 31 March 474 Figures last updated 1 April 516 Figures last updated 16:00 GMT, 02 April 566 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 03 April 586 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 04 April 648 Figures last updated 09:00 BST, 5 April 685 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 06 April 710 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 7 April 755 Figures last updated 8 April 794 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 09 April 826 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 10 April 867 Figures last updated 11 April 895 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 12 April 934 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 13 April 957 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 14 April 972 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 15 April 1001 Figures last updated 16 April 1026 Figures last updated 17 April 1053 Specimen date 2020-04-17 1075 Figures last updated 19 April 1089 Figures last updated 20 April 1105 Specimen date 2020-04-20 1105 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 22 April 1126 Figures last updated 09:00 GMT, 23 April Daily increments: 2, 15, 5, 25, 12, 12, 28, 24, 5, 15, 27, 28, 44, 37, 29, 46, 3, 47, 59, 42, 50, 20, 62, 37, 25, 32, 45, 39, 41, 28, 39, 23, 15, 29, 25, 27, 22, 14, 16, 0, 21, Note: On 18 April I downloaded the ?revised-format UK cumulative confirmed cases file from https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/#local-authorities. The series apparently has the same endpoint as the single figures reported each day on the BBC, but I'm not sure how they reconcile on a day-by-day basis. In any case a moving average, over several days, is a better way of making any apparent trends more obvious. I'll see about preparing a graph showing this.

> how many people in Southwark have it? Eleven confirmed cases so far. That's bound to be a bit less than the actual figure. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51768274

Can you perhaps entice it into posing again but getting a better focused picture, with maybe a ruler or coin beside it for size judgment. Not that that'll help me identify it at all, but it would make it more interesting.

seenbeen wrote at 00:27: ------------------------------------------------------- > Under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act, it's > illegal in the UK to: pick flowers in public parks > or community gardens, pick flowers on National Trust > property or nature reserves. Which sections of the Act are you referring to?

> Hubby phoned BT who think it is our outside line which > I do not believe is correct as I have internet connection That's quite consistent, and typical. As DF has I think said eleswhere, the voice and the internet signals use greatly different frequencies, so that your internet can be working while your voice line isn't. If BT have done a line check and say that the fault is in the outside line, that's good news for you. No need to risk having an engineer in and entailing a hefty charge if they find that the fault is within the house. I dare say you'll find that the line fault will be remedied within a few days. The only other indoor test action I've seen recommended, apart from testing your phone in the master socket, is to try swapping in a different microfilter. But if it's an external problem, that's unlikely to make any difference.

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If anyone wants to use my Bulb link I will give ?30 to a charity of your choice. PM me for the link. I've previously objected to the use of this forum as a money-making device by people who want to just publish their link and rake the money in. I think it's ugly. I don't know if my countermeasure is much less so, but think it's worth trying. I'll refer this post to Admin anyway, and if he wants to remove all Bulb offers, including mine, that's fine. ETA: my post was, as can be surmised, in response to another one, now removed, in which someone gave their Bulb link. Since Admin hasn't removed mine I'll leave it up for the time being while I ponder. The actual Bulb working is in fact: "Get ?50 when you refer a friend to Bulb Refer Bulb to your friends and you'll each get ?50. Just give them your referral link." So I reserve the right to at least limit my offer to people I think I 'know' from their posts here, and don't feel uncharitably toward. If no takers, fine. I might well remove this post sometime tomorrow anyway.

Some previous threads on hawkers and pedlars: /forum/read.php?5,2016178,2018236 /forum/read.php?5,1853516

There are some emergency repairs overnight 14-15 Feb to the line between Peckham Rye and Nunhead. According to https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/242647.aspx they're scheduled to be done by 06:00, but it might be prudent to check on http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/ldbboard/dep/PMR/NHD/To that there's been no overrun. Looks ok now, Saturday 10:05

> This ? Of which there's a more legible version at https://www.cityam.com/the-high-streets-paved-with-gold-flat-prices-are-skyrocketing-on-these-london-roads/.

> I found some interesting info there. Nasatya, what particularly did you find interesting?

> a steep decline in the level of investors knowledge > on markets (both into and retail investors). I take it the "into" is a typo or machine guess, but haven't yet lit on what it should be.

Is there any information that can help narrow down the time of night that any of these took place?

If anyone does have cause to call 999, I think I'd make a point of mentioning, not just the immediate act that triggered the call, but also, if appropriate, the fact that the person matches the description of the perpetrator of number of other instances of spontaneous 'random' threatening behaviour or assault in the area over the past week.

You could try putting a largish amount of some strong smelling liquid (disinfectant, bleach, ...) firstly down your own loo, to see if that smell reaches you by the unconventional route. If that isn't detectable within a day or two, then perhaps provide some more and ask your neighbours if they will kindly do the same? If that turns out positive, I think that gives good grounds for their being involved in getting a professional investigation underway. Is it possible to be certain that it's the human product? Are there any other possible candidates?