the R figure is crude

it's an average, so quite misleading in terms of deciding what to do
no way there'll be a second lockdown of all parts of society

Posted By: paulg on May 15th 2020 at 18:13:01

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Just been on dog walk, seafront is heaving! Cars and people everywhere 🤔 (Coronavirus) - Worthing Yellow, May 15, 17:07:32
- to be fair, the UK hasn't had a proper lockdown. Might have soon tho. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - shoddy, May 15, 17:16:20
  - Can’t see us going more draconian than before (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 15, 17:23:40
    - with R approaching 1? really? Thats exponential growth of cases. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - shoddy, May 15, 17:28:38
      - the R figure is crude (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 15, 18:13:01
        
        a popular view here in FR in that there will be a '2nd wave' in FR in mid June. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - shoddy, May 15, 18:14:19
        
        2nd wave perfectly possible (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 15, 18:16:52
        
        The excess deaths aren’t due to lockdown tho (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 15, 18:24:49
        
        Of course they're not (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 15, 20:47:13
        
        No (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 15, 21:09:53
        
        Only a very small (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 15, 21:10:10
        
        amount (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 15, 21:10:57
        
        Is it? (Coronavirus) - paulg, May 15, 21:24:37
        
        I don’t doubt there are some dying early (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 15, 21:52:32
      - We cant afford to (n/m) (Coronavirus) - CWC, May 15, 17:51:47
      - Yes really (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, May 15, 17:44:28
      - anyway, we need to get the premier league playing again. (Coronavirus) - shoddy, May 15, 17:39:21
        
        Oddly the Hancock and co all of a sudden saying the 'R' rate not so important. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - DrDublin, May 15, 17:41:06
        
        Arbeit macht frei (n/m) (Coronavirus) - shoddy, May 15, 17:52:06
        
        And dead. :) (n/m) (Coronavirus) - DrDublin, May 15, 18:04:15
- Heatwave next week should help 🤦‍♂️ (n/m) (Coronavirus) - loz, May 15, 17:09:16
  - beach time!!! (n/m) (Coronavirus) - DrDublin, May 15, 17:48:24

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