Originally Posted by
dorabella
Johns Hopkins figures on recovery are more up to date - 179 rather than Worldometer's 135.
Even so, given the ever-changing methodology of accumulating data it's hard to make out what the situation is in the UK. Because they are NOT TESTING anyone except those poor souls who end up in hospital. Surely better to concentrate on antibody testing - as the Oxford study recommends - to work out the greater mass of the population who have had it, rule them out, and then concentrate on treating the remainder.
Rational thinking would surely tend towards the possibility that a lot of people had this virus earlier in the year - back in February and even January - but mistook it for seasonal cold and mild flu. They are all extensions of the same virus group. Surely better to rule these cases out - and let some of the population get back into working and getting business back on its feet. The lockdowns in Italy and Spain have taken their toll of shutting both infected and asymptomatic people up together and creating perfect conditions for viral spread. The China case was total lockdown under a strict regime and it did widespread testing of the Wuhan and Hubei populations, but Europe was too slack in enforcing these kind of measures and allowed unrestricted travel and movement of people whilst they were making their minds up to it.
Only Germany seems to have had the nouse to adopt the Oxford methodology ... vorsprung durch teknik!
And yes the media are loving this easy news feed of apocalyptic scenarios and skewed data.