“We did everything we could to save lives”.
- Late to lockdown in March
- Reopened borders in March
- Barnard castle
- Encouraged people back to work
- Delayed lockdown throughout October.
- 22bn on Test & Trace
- Delayed lockdown in December
- The “one day” school term ...
Some of my thoughts on #Lockdown2
1) It’s late. Very late. Which means a huge starting point (100,000+) by the time we kick off on Thursday.
This has two major issues.
ICYMI: last week we published two stories on what science tells us about how to minimise risk to you & others as economies reopen.
(https://t.co/aHrnC6EVTk &
https://t.co/jdP5TUqIc7)
Here’s a thread on the key take-aways you can use to guide your actions in the coming weeks:
Talking about https://t.co/OkqlTTA7BC on @BBCBreakfast this morning.
Please donate whatever you can, particularly protective equipment or contacts! @HelpThemHelpUs_
NEW: Thursday 26 March update of coronavirus mortality trajectories tracker
• US death toll curve has passed China’s at same stage ⚠️
• UK on same track as Italy
• We‘re stripping this chart down to highlight major countries
Live version FREE TO READ: https://t.co/VcSZISFxzF
NEW: Sunday 22 March update of our coronavirus mortality trajectories tracker
• US has recorded 100 deaths *so far* since Saturday — already its highest daily total
• UK & US well beyond death tolls when many countries locked down
Live version here: https://t.co/VcSZISFxzF
NEW: Saturday 21 March update of our coronavirus mortality trajectories tracker
• Today we add annotations showing when each country locked down
• UK & US already have more deaths than when China, Spain, France & others locked down
Live version here: https://t.co/VcSZISFxzF
NEW chart on coronavirus: we're now tracking death toll trajectories as well as cases
• Deaths in Italy & Spain now growing much faster than they did in China at same stage
• More deaths in Italy in last 24h than on any day in Wuhan
Live version here: https://t.co/VcSZISFxzF
We're hiring! A couple of Delivery and Product roles have opened up in our Internal Products group @FT. If you want to help us give our partners in the organisation "super powers" via great tools and data insights, my DMs are open.
I’ve been working on this for a while, and update from a few years ago. So much has changed, and so much hasn’t!
Please watch, and RT widely.
#NHS#GE2019
https://t.co/G7FcNUioTQ