More bad Coronavirus news

[BeachLife]

As per my sheet above.

Santa Pola (inc GA) is 113 cases per 100,000

Although the trends on cases are not good the mortality rate / profile seems completly different to hw it was in April / May - see attached

Edited: On the news this am: Leeds are considering local lockdown measures as they are 34 cases / 100,000

[NickiH]

36 cases isn’t too horrendous in that size area. Whilst not brilliant wouldn’t put me off. We have worse clusters in the UK. Now that less people are being hospitalized and dying, maybe the virus is mutating and weakening. Time to move on and get on with our lives.

[DaveG]

The number of cases at any location have to be put into perspective; are they all young and asymptomatic, or all with co-morbitities, or in family groups, tested because they showed symptoms etc etc.or a mix of any of the above.

There are probably a lot more cases but until everyone is tested you will never get a true picture and that would only be a snapshot. This is a moving target and 113 cases per 100000 is 0.113%, hardly cause for alarm but higher that the 0.02% to get your country on the UK quarantine register.

The lower number of deaths / hospitalisations is probably down to the age of the infected falling as the young think (to some extent correctly) that they are invulnerable and the elderly taking precautions commensurate with their perceived risk.

I am in the latter bracket going about my  normal routine taking what I consider sensible measures to protect myself and others whilst not letting this rule my life.

Dave

[BeachLife]

Hi Nicki - not debating about how serious issues are and  I am aligned with DaveG's view

Hard to compare UK to Spain. Valencia reports cases over the last 14 days that is where the 111/ 100,000 comes from.

UK reports over the last 7 days - Worst area is Bradford at 64/100,000 this week and 68 last week. Cumulative 134/100,000

There is nowhere that has a higher 14 days positive case test than SP/GA apart from Bradford - per capita

Agreed it is a very small amount still though

36 cases isn’t too horrendous in that size area. Whilst not brilliant wouldn’t put me off. We have worse clusters in the UK. Now that less people are being hospitalized and dying, maybe the virus is mutating and weakening. Time to move on and get on with our lives.

[BeachLife]

Blimey - this is the last thing I would be doing if I had COVID.

But then I cant surf anyway !!     

https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-09-08/woman-arrested-for-surfing-in-northern-spain-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19.html

Chekc out the video

[Derek]

https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-09-10/spain-reports-8866-new-coronavirus-cases-but-incidence-falls-in-madrid.html?fbclid=IwAR3fLofISTqYVqh3WgrEfyObgiX9tb6vGEjKk8iHuQbSEVcjNgbZ6uPVYks

[Derek]

Seems that Spain has a mega problem. 10,764 new cases yesterday with a population of 47 million) Here in the UK 2,919  new cases with a population of 67 million (I don't think that includes those arriving by dinghy).

Derek

[BeachLife]

Weekend update - not great for SP / GA as we are now on 42 cases. So using the "normal" stat thats a rise from 111 to 131/100,000

Usual Local/ regional country comparison attached

[chris and jackie]

Report from el pais shows cases still bad in Spain although Valencia not as bad as others. With some of strictest restrictions in Europe why is Spain so bad?
https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-09-16/official-coronavirus-deaths-in-spain-now-exceed-30000-with-total-infections-at-603167.html

[TRIDENT]

A third of infections are in Madrid. Compared with the rest of Spain it is concentrated in a very small area. In the early days of lockdown the ruling party needed the support of the other parties to pass further extensions to the lockdown which resulted in in a political favour to the other party. Now the economy  matters more than lives. Through out history it has always been known as CANNON FODER. This is what we are.

[kevinb]

Life and well being is reliant on a good economy, there has to be a balance between controlling the virus and keeping people in jobs and earning money for food and to live.

[Derek]

Kevin surely those in power only need to print more money. The trouble is that a lot of people here in the UK have found that a different life style suits them. A reduced wage for staying at home which when the savings made by not commuting equates to an improvement in real disposable income. The trouble is we all thought (well most of us did) that there was a need to work in order to eat etc but I am beginning to think that there is a better alternative. I suppose if interest rates remain low and the capital is never repaid we can all go on spending. Certainly todays politicians seem to adopt a more socialistic view of life.

It will certainly take a Del boy in his Batman outfit to balance the books once the real cost is established.

We do however need the restrictions lifted for travel to and from GA so that more can enjoy their free time. I expect those working from home can just as easily do this whilst laying on the beach

Derek

[BeachLife]

Sorry for the break in service.

I've done the stats (cases / 100,000) for local areas and countries for comparison.

[bertdove]

Thanks again for giving us a comprehensive picture.

Bert

[BeachLife]

Ta Bert