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Their website page offers lots of stuff on the virus, and you can scroll down and punch in your own postcode to find out what level you come under from tomorrow. (With me Tier 1).
Their website page offers lots of stuff on the virus, and you can scroll down and punch in your own postcode to find out what level you come under from tomorrow. (With me Tier 1).
That seems to be a new "front end" to the Gov's dashboard. There are some welcome additions such as giving the 7 day figures and the increases compared with the previous 7 days.
The data is the most up to date information available, as far as I am aware. It is the source of the case stats, etc that are quoted in the national media - though they probably download the data files via the Covid-19 API (as do I) rather than taking it from the website.
(There are also some download options on the Cases/Testing/Deaths pages.)
Some of the information in the dashboard is frustratingly limited, e.g. the cases by ages is only available as cumulatives for a single day, similarly the Cases by Area are only shown as cumulatives for the one day (you have to use the API or the "legacy download" to get useful information for Cases by Area).
Interesting contribution from Professor Peter Openshaw, re reinfection, on BBC News channel just now. Worth checking out via the iPlayer, though it will probably get repeated through the day.
Interesting contribution from Professor Peter Openshaw, re reinfection, on BBC News channel just now. Worth checking out via the iPlayer, though it will probably get repeated through the day.
Interesting ? I'd say it was very reassuring ! Thanks for the link. I've put my name forward as a volunteer for one of the trials. We shall have to see if I get asked to participate.
Interesting ? I'd say it was very reassuring ! Thanks for the link. I've put my name forward as a volunteer for one of the trials. We shall have to see if I get asked to participate.
Good move. For anyone not wanting to access the item via the iPlayer, for the next 7 days a download of the audio will be available here.
Interesting contribution from Professor Peter Openshaw, re reinfection, on BBC News channel just now. Worth checking out via the iPlayer, though it will probably get repeated through the day.
Try the red "here" link then. It's only the audio but that's what matters most.
Thanks very much for that clip, Bryn. Very interesting about the doubts on reinfections, and also that vaccines are more effective than 'herd immunity' - he didn't actually use that term, but it seemed to be the strategy he was describing.
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
To the right of the actual map, this version now includes a scrollable list of all local authorities together with cases/100k for each one. The list can be sorted either by local authority or by cases/100k. It is initially sorted by cases/100k in descending order - so it shows Derry and Strabane at the top, with 1015 cs/100k.
Clicking on a local authority in the list will highlight the area in the map, though for smaller LAs you might need good eyesight to see it. Clicking again will restore the map.
The floating information pane will work as before if no area is selected from the list. If an area is selected in the list the information pane will still work, but only when the mouse hovers above the selected area.
It is in test mode at the moment - but it seems to work OK. Please let me know what you think.
(There are small differences in cases/100k figures for Northern Ireland when compared with the BBC's equivalent map. After checking the cases I am using against those published by NI I am still non the wiser.)
Try the red "here" link then. It's only the audio but that's what matters most.
Is it possible to get back to that, or has that now disappeared? I didn't get anywhere with the links to Prof Openshaw's comments. Otherwise is there a transcript, or other commentary with the major points?
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