Would it be better if the dashboard stats were published weekly rather than daily?

[pulisa]

The thing is..if you watch and monitor the news round the clock it's always going to be doom, gloom and outrage in the UK. If the news were censored and you only heard positive stuff you would wonder what the hell was going on. We Brits are used to complaining, whingeing and having lots of choice. Any form of "deprivation" or "restriction" is guaranteed to whip up outrage but the majority of us just carry on and cope. That's not very newsworthy though.

[Lencoboy]

The thing is..if you watch and monitor the news round the clock it's always going to be doom, gloom and outrage in the UK. If the news were censored and you only heard positive stuff you would wonder what the hell was going on. We Brits are used to complaining, whingeing and having lots of choice. Any form of "deprivation" or "restriction" is guaranteed to whip up outrage but the majority of us just carry on and cope. That's not very newsworthy though.

Yes, a lot of us Brits can be a rather ungrateful bunch at times, where we often make a big drama over the slightest of inconveniences, but on the more positive side, I'm sure you're right in the sense that the vast majority of us just try to carry on and cope as best we can.

But like you say, it's not very newsworthy.

[MyNameIsTerry]

The thing is..if you watch and monitor the news round the clock it's always going to be doom, gloom and outrage in the UK. If the news were censored and you only heard positive stuff you would wonder what the hell was going on. We Brits are used to complaining, whingeing and having lots of choice. Any form of "deprivation" or "restriction" is guaranteed to whip up outrage but the majority of us just carry on and cope. That's not very newsworthy though.

Lenco, the examples you give are comparable to those of other generations. It will never change.

Changing your attitude towards things and learning not to be triggered by the downsides of life is an important part of growing as an adult.

People may even seem apathetic but maybe they've learnt to pick their battles? Not all of us have the emotional energy to get involved in things like activism. And activists can be quite narrow in their interests.

[dorabella]

As far as I am concerned they should just stop the reporting full stop - never mind weekly, daily etc.

Absolutely no point in continuing with this (what is effectively) 'fear porn' designed to keep the more anxious among the public on the edge of their seats. Context of reported 'cases' is sadly lacking and the stats are meaningless without this. No distinction between age groups, genuinely symptomatic, false positive/negative testing - even 'covid' hospitalizations stats need to be treated with caution and put into context along with cases. Otherwise there is no true picture worth a damn. And not to mention the enormous cost of this endless testing regime which we as tax payers are going to have to bear the brunt of.

We should just get on with our business.

[Fishmanpa]

We should just get on with our business.

Thing is and the point I've been trying to make is that we have a choice to look at the stats regardless if they're daily, weekly or otherwise. I've done what I've needed to do and am moving on and adjusting to the 'new normal' as best I can. I suggest people should try their best to do the same.

FMP

[Lencoboy]

Context of reported 'cases' is sadly lacking and the stats are meaningless without this. No distinction between age groups, genuinely symptomatic, false positive/negative testing - even 'covid' hospitalizations stats need to be treated with caution and put into context along with cases.

You've pretty much hit the nail on the head there Dorabella!

Our general Covid stats IMO have always been rather vague and hodge-podge basically from the off, though Dr JC does his best to explain the differences between age groups, geographical regions, etc, which I thoroughly commend him for.

However (for better or worse) the BBC don't seem to be making a song and dancing over the latest national stats at around 45k, which would have been big news this time last year, or even some 6 months ago this year!

Also back then there would have been talks of another national lockdown with cases at these levels, which AFAIK isn't being discussed right now.