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UK figures for today Sunday 5th April:

Noticeable rise in confirmed cases with 47,806 in total, slight drop in fatalities with 4,932 in total.

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Please note this does not include deaths outside of the hospital system. I saw a news report this morning which I can't find now which stated there was one elderly home which has had 13 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic and they suspect that they were related due to the symptoms presented - however are unable to confirm that as there were no COVID-19 tests performed on the deceased.

A government spokesman has suggested the lockdown measures could be strengthened in the face of thousands of silly bastards buggering off down the park and the seaside again this weekend.

Currently we are allowed one form of outside exercise a day however some silly bastards have been meeting up to jog en-masse and cycle en-masse defeating the point of social distancing/the lockdown.

Scotlands chief medical officer drew criticism for buggering off down their second home ("Holiday Home"?) in a display of what could be accurately described as a non-essential journey - EDIT - they have now received a police warning.

I have not seen any sign of the Prime Minister for ages so I assume he's still touched by the contagion.
 
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For those wanting to make a face mask, CNN has some instructions:
www.cnn.com

How to make your own face mask (whether or not you know how to sew) | CNN

Here are simple, step-by-step instructions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to do just that, whether or not you know how to sew.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com

However, the real bonus is at the bottom, they have a link to a NASA manual on how to use a sewing machine! This is a great manual, by my Dad's definition--> it shows you how to plug the thing in!
 
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Radegast74 said:
For those wanting to make a face mask, CNN has some instructions:
www.cnn.com

How to make your own face mask (whether or not you know how to sew) | CNN

Here are simple, step-by-step instructions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to do just that, whether or not you know how to sew.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com

However, the real bonus is at the bottom, they have a link to a NASA manual on how to use a sewing machine! This is a great manual, by my Dad's definition--> it shows you how to plug the thing in!
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It says I have to notify SpaceShop before running any task. It also has electrical power but mine is an early 1900's model that only works on Kinetic energy...?
 
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NaffNaffBobFace said:
It says I have to notify SpaceShop before running any task. It also has electrical power but mine is an early 1900's model that only works on Kinetic energy...?
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I had one of those, those are almost indestructible disregarding what a 14 year old with a screwdriver can do. If you use it to make a seam, just sew the seam twice and back stitch the width of your thumb each time a seam ends.
 
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The UK monarch has given a special address to the nation - only the fifth time this has happened in her 68 years on the throne:

www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: Queen tells UK 'we will succeed' in fight

In a rare address, the monarch says the UK "should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return".
www.bbc.co.uk
 
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NaffNaffBobFace said:
The UK monarch has given a special address to the nation - only the fifth time this has happened in her 68 years on the throne:

www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: Queen tells UK 'we will succeed' in fight

In a rare address, the monarch says the UK "should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return".
www.bbc.co.uk
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I love how she ended her address with the phrase, "We'll meet Again". That's the title of a famous Vera Lynn Song during the War years. Probably meant a lot to her and her family (and indeed the whole Nation) when they were bunkering down at Windsor Castle during the Blitz. I'm not the biggest fan of Monarchies but I have a ton of respect for her. God Save The Queen.
 
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NaffNaffBobFace said:
I have not seen any sign of the Prime Minister for ages so I assume he's still touched by the contagion.
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My assumption was right, breaking news: PM admitted to hospital as precaution.

www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson admitted to hospital over virus symptoms

The prime minister is undergoing "routine tests", 10 days after he was diagnosed with coronavirus.
www.bbc.co.uk

EDIT - More Breaking News: Scotlands chief medical officer resigns having made an non-essential journey to their holiday home.

www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: Scotland's chief medical officer resigns over lockdown trips

Scotland's chief medical officer quits after visiting her second home despite the lockdown rules.
www.bbc.co.uk

I assume that leaves Scotland without a chief medical officer now?
 
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Reduction in seismic noise because of changes in human activity | SAGE

Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (SAGE) is a distributed, multi-user national facility operated by EarthScope that provides state of-the-art seismic and related geophysical instrumentation and services to support research and education in the geosciences.
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This boggles my little mind.
 
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ColdDog said:
View: https://youtu.be/LKhVZhIGvug
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I suppose it was an interesting video...title was misleading as she didn't touch on the topic at all, but it does bring up points as to why elderly may not want to be put on one. Will be interesting to see the statistics of younger people put on one in the next five to ten years.

Side note: I had to put her on 1.5x playback to bearably listen to her. I used to speak that slowly and hadn't realized after moving my speech had sped up as much as it did.
 
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Given each state implements their own laws around this (and some appear to be doing very little), how accurate do you think this projection is?
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NaffNaffBobFace said:
Reports of over 40 Spring Breakers testing positive for Corona virus:

metro.co.uk

Scores of student 'asses' who ignored coronavirus to party get Covid-19

'Quit being an ass. Get over yourselves. Whether you think this is an issue or not, it is.'
metro.co.uk metro.co.uk
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Not very accurate in terms of low numbers, but the shape of the curve is pretty much cast in stone for the next 2 weeks. I don't want to say what that means in terms of numbers, just to say that coulda shoulda woulda is the wrong way to manage an outbreak.
 
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