Donald Marshall

[Donald Marshall @DJMarshallChef]

@LloydsPharmacy Order was placed for click and collect on 7th December - over two weeks later nothing received in local store - have sent emails and waited over 2 hours trying to get through to customer service - who when I did get through could not help me in anyway at all!

[Donald Marshall @DJMarshallChef]

Congratulations to my fantastic daughter Sophie who graduated in Event Management from Bournemouth University today ! 🍾🍾🍾

[St Albans Cathedral @StAlbansCath]

📢The Alban Bun | Sold Out📢
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This week's Alban Buns are now sold out.
If you missed out this week, pre-orders will open again on our website on Monday.
🌐 https://t.co/cnUv23Ivqc

[Academic Venue Solutions @academicvenues]

Featured Venue: @RoeVenues armed with We're Good To Go & the AIM accreditation have welcomed the return of their clients, same level of excellent service delivered in a slightly different way! https://t.co/njzj0Ue2aP #StaySmartKeepApart #SafeSpaces #weareacademicvenues

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

In England, there are now 305 Coronavirus patients in hospital with 33 patients on ventilation. At the peak those numbers were around 17,000 and 2,800.

No sign of any increase in hospital admissions too.

It's so important to look at the whole picture, not just reported cases.

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

I personally think the Royal Mail have done an absolutely fantastic job all the way through this pandemic.

My son is a manager so I'm biased, but with the increased demand it's still been a brilliant service.

To all the postmen and women, managers and support staff - thanks!

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

Cancer services have now been seriously interrupted for almost 4 months.

Sadly people losing their lives unnecessarily to cancer is no longer a possibility, it is now happening

That number will continue to grow over the coming months. Desperately frustrating and sad.

[Donald Marshall @DJMarshallChef]

First time eating out since lockdown - brunch @BillsRestaurant in Epsom - great experience

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

PHE has really not done well.

They know the impact of those fatality figures, yet their approach has been so sloppy.

They still published numbers yesterday. What's going on?!

We need far more transparency and a much greater focus on the actual date of death stats.

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

These doomsday predictions of 120,000 deaths over winter could come true.

Not from corona but from cancer, cardiac issues and every other serious illness that has been forgotten.

This tunnel vision is so dangerous. Decades of work into cancer awareness undone in a few months.

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

As expected, no fatality figure today. Though 13 UK hospital fatalities were reported.

New cases at 827. I suspect it is intense localised hotspot testing pushing that number up.

Hoping PHE can get this solved quickly, reliable data is so crucial to get healthcare moving.

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

If I was a Government 'stooge', I'm not a very good one.

It's been pretty obvious to anyone following the data it has been handled abysmally. PHE are partly to blame, but Gov see the same figures we do!

The impact from the error would have been growing every week.

Astounding.

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

114 reported fatalities today - 48 137 186 on previous Fridays. Last week seemed unusually low.

687 new cases.

After the troubles at PHE I'm not sure how accurate the fatality figure is for now. There were 17 deaths reported in UK hospitals today.

The review is needed ASAP.

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

The Government has announced that the daily fatality figure will be suspended until the issue with PHE is resolved.

I think that's a wise move. What a shambles.

Anyway, another busy week done. Looking forward to a quiet evening with my wife. Have a good evening everyone!

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

I was in Liverpool yesterday, great city. Everything is working fantastically, I had a delicious pub steak and chips in the station with a pint.

Society is getting back to normal. Why can't cancer services?

Should have been the first thing to get moving. So worrying.

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

66 reported fatalities today in comparison to 85 89 149 137 on previous Thursdays. 642 recorded new cases.

Back in April the 7 day rolling average for fatalities was well over 900, it's now below 75.

If we're all sensible, it will continue to decline. Please keep at it.

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

85 reported fatalities today, compared to 126 176 154 184 250 on previous Wednesdays.

538 new cases, both averages falling.

Opening the bars was a real test, so far there has been no sign of any rise of infections, it would be starting to show if there was a spike. Good news.

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

Another busy week ahead - coffee, porridge, dog walk and I'm good to go.

Monday mornings can sometimes feel like a drag, but feeling negative about it only makes it worse.

It's going to be a good week!