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I'm confused or is Matt Hancock?

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paddyanne Tue 02-Jun-20 01:37:20

Matt Hancock clearly said there were 111 deaths since yesterday ...so why did the total jump by 556 ?

Scottish figurefor the same 24 hours was one

.Difficult to make a mistake with one.so can we assume Hancock misread 556 for 111 and if the 556 is the right figure why in any gods name you want to ask is the UK government hell bent on "easing" the lockdown ..there has been (if 556 is the right number) close to 2000 deaths in the past 7 days

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Urmstongran Wed 03-Jun-20 07:14:15

I’m a lot less scared nowadays.

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Furret Wed 03-Jun-20 07:25:47

Funny that Urm I’m a lot more worried.

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growstuff Wed 03-Jun-20 09:01:31

NfkDumpling That site doesn't show the R rate, but the percentage of people reporting symptoms, which is different. Nevertheless, it's really interesting. My area is about the national average, but what worries me is that it's not dropping. That means that the same number of people are symptomatic every day, so as one person recovers (or dies) another one becomes infected. The R rate is, therefore, nudging 1.

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MaizieD Wed 03-Jun-20 12:10:49

Not surprised you're less scared, Ug. You're in Spain.

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GGumteenth Wed 03-Jun-20 12:41:12

It would really help if the "scientists" believed in the statistics enough to read them out each day. It seems the government have decided their own ministers obfuscate better than the scientists do.

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Elderflower2 Wed 03-Jun-20 12:45:06

Just <i> testing </i>

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Elderflower2 Wed 03-Jun-20 12:46:01

Oops, how do i get to italicise text please?

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GGumteenth Wed 03-Jun-20 12:55:21

If you look below the message box Elderflower you will see all the bits you need.

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