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Boeing 787s must be turned off and on every 51 days to prevent 'misleading data' being shown to pilots - theregister.co.uk/2020/04/02/b i have to say that sounds suboptimal for a plane...

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@iankenway I saw it earlier on The Guardian, and it's a pity. His columns were very good, well explained and practical advice always.

RIP, Jack. 😔

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Please note that March's Book of the Month is 'The Plague' by Albert Camus and the Track of the Month is 'Downpressor Man' by Peter Tosh.

phidoc.net/book_of_the_month.h

phidoc.net/track_of_the_month.

The UK Press is beginning to ask some hard questions (across the political divide) about the UK Government's mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic on home soil. Here's just one example:

A public inquiry into the UK's coronavirus response would find a litany of failures

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

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And so, I can only conclude, the Herd Immunity policy lives on. To me, this statement is an inadvertent admission of that. Nothing else makes sense. 6/6

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The reason for this is that Hywel Dda is a more widely dispersed community, with at present a lower level of (reported) infection than other areas. It therefore will take longer to spread to the 80% (or whatever is required for that herd immunity), and it still has further to go than most other areas. 5/6

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There is no doubt that some spread will continue through those who continue to work and shopping, but the more worrying to me is the second implication. For that to be true for Hywel Dda, rather than others, I can only assume they are working on the "Herd Immunity" principle.4/6

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If Hywel Dda think the lockdown will not be effective, we have to ask why. Is it because the government have not locked down hard enough? For example, do they believe it can spread through going shopping or the few people who continue to work? And why in particular Hywel Dda (as opposed to other areas, which by implication would peak earlier). 3/6

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If a lockdown is to be effective, it WILL cause the number of deaths per day to decrease. There is no question about that. This means the peak WILL be reached within a certain period of the lockdown being implemented (probably about 3 weeks - if reports of time to hospitalisation/death are right). 2/6

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I am very concerned by this from Hywel Dda health board: "Hywel Dda health board says it is not expecting the coronavirus outbreak to peak there until early June" bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-wales-5
Not so much because it is in itself worrying, but because of its implication for the data they are presumably working on. 1/6

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Thanks to all our readers and contributors on what has been our busiest ever month for visitors. Please join us and continue to contribute as we discuss together how Wales handles the difficult next few months and rebuilds from here.
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The coronavirus letter you’ve just been sent by Johnson is a lie youtu.be/aKTwBbge4lQ

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1918 Spanish Flu historical documentary | Swine Flu Pandemic | Deadly plague of 1918 (40 minutes)

youtube.com/watch?v=UDY5COg2P2

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