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So now we know what is and isn't allowed. Well, if the CPS says so, it must be so... The Crown Prosecution Service has produced guidance about what constitutes a reasonable excuse to be outside the home during the lockdown. It follows confusion caused in part by a difference between...

Had to go out to deliver some health equipment today - about 30 minutes away. Mostly a delight - so little traffic, lovely weather for driving. But some idiots leaving far too small a gap and overtaking when totally unnecessary - and illegal. First one, I was doing a genuine 60 and he pulled...

Raaaaaabbbbbbb..... Coronavirus UK live: No 10 claims Covid-19 crisis strengthens need for UK to be free of EU regulation after 2020 Foreign secretary Dominic Raab to lead meetings on Covid-19 physical distancing measures as sources say ministers have no lockdown exit plan

But it is NOT OK for me to go out for two shorts walks, keeping away from everyone else?

In Wales, temporary hospitals are not being called Nightingale. Cardiff's Principality Stadium Ysbyty Calon Y Ddraig or Dragon's Heart Hospital Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Conwy Ysbyty'r Enfys - The Rainbow Hospital There are others but two seem enough to illustrate!

We have extremely lmited outside covered areas - I have never understood why even recent shops on purpose-built retail areas don't have a continuous canopy. Typically, just a token one immediately over their doors.

Rhondda Conan, Taff; Blanaau Gwent; and Caerphilly are considerably worse than most of London, based on this link: https://statistics.blf.org.uk/lung-disease-uk-big-picture

Here, Lidl, Aldi, M&S, even Tesco, have more or less straight queues. Morrisons zig-zags back on itself - I say, bonkers. Not too bad at present with pleasant weather. I really don't fancy queing outside, in the open, in pissing down rain and strong winds (the usual weather :) ).

I have not seen the stories myself, but a very trustworthy person said reports claimed it was operating out of Brize Norton. The only possible runway near here is Brawdy - but I do not know if it landed.

Maybe. But maybe not. Wales has a higher cases rate. Country 2018 population Total cases Deaths % deaths Cases / pop England 55,977,178 76,371 11,656 15.3% 0.14% Northern Ireland 3,138,631 2,088 134 6.4% 0.07% Scotland 5,438,100 6,748 615 9.1% 0.12% Wales 3,138,631 6,118 463 7.6% 0.19%

That could explain why the number of cases would be much higher, but not why the death rate is.

Testing is dire in Wales as well. You might be right but the differences are dramatic.

Whatever the causes of the differences, the percentages really are very different: Country Total cases Deaths % deaths England 76,371 11,656 15.3% Northern Ireland 2,088 134 6.4% Scotland 6,748 615 9.1% Wales 6,118 463 7.6% From https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ with added percentages.

At first glance, yes, I agree. But, to be fair to those people, many work full time in pharma, research, etc., and are just continuing to do so - though maybe with extra intensity, focus and hours.

Cummings was seen going to Downing Street twice (at least). First time, not abiding by social distancing regulations, with some woman he appears to work with. Second time, on his one well away from anyone else.

Latest Hancock performance: Hancock: we will not be distracted from lockdown message A at times testy Matt Hancock has told the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the government does not want to discuss the lockdown exit strategy because it does not want to deviate from the core “stay at home...

What do you do with a large, half empty car park, two cars, some string and a skateborad? Apparently, you play chess! In Tesco car park, the cars are parked facing each other but with a good gap. Chessboard set up on skateboard and string strung between cars and skateboard. One chap moves a...

Today, I heard two aircraft. Not that surprising because much of the time we don't notice any aircraft at all - unless we actually think and listen out for them. But one of them, which I didn't see but did hear, it now being said to be one of those huge C17s. Not exactly frequent round here.

We'll know Dominic Cummings has taken over...

That is very pertinent as a question. But there could be answer(s) just round the corner. I am not persuaded that any these suggested approaches are "The Answer" (they could be worse than what we are doing) but something just as usable might exist. Vitamin C (high dose, intravenous) Vitamin D...