It is likely that the figures for infection/deaths are indeed inaccurate, but we simply do not know in which direction. This is because of the absence of sufficient testing, both now and at the beginning of the outbreak.
There may indeed be many who died with the coronavirus but not of it; but, on the other hand, there were thousands of deaths in care homes that went unrecorded as such, which possibly includes my OH.
The whole bubble thing is a conundrum. I live alone, so could bubble with one of my DD's families - but they are in contact with so many people (as they run their business from home with employees coming in, children have been at school and go to play with their friends etc.) so I would be effectively bubbling with all those people, and all the people they are in contact with. I am hoping to move house soon and do not want to finish up self-isolating (or worse ill) in the middle of all that.
I think that the guidance is pure guesswork.
Things you find stressful that other people don't notice.
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