Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

At worst, it might have only stalled the progress of the outbreak for a month (the 2 weeks of lockdown, plus 2 weeks to go back up again - which is quite possible yet).
1048 new cases today
7-day average 907 - UP 26

Deaths, which are still going down as a result of lockdown (mean time to death is around 3 weeks from infection), are down. 23 today takes the 7-day average down 1.57 to 23.57.

Ceredigion cases 7, but that leaves the 7-day average around 10.
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Blue whale sightings off South Georgia raise hopes of recovery - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/19/blue-whale-sightings-off-south-georgia-raise-hopes-of-recovery "industrial whaling – established on the island in 1904 – killed 42,698 of the animals there." unfathomable...

https://youtu.be/fMDefxx6KGM
Mum and two sons died from Covid 😢

Good news for Canada! Canada proposes new privacy bill that allows Canadians to force companies to destroy all data they’ve collected about them. Sounds a bit like the GDPR has traveled across the Atlantic. 😀👇
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/privacy-bill-bains-fines-1.5804779

Today's #Covid19Cymru figures are good news. 7-day averages are down for both deaths and cases. We'd expect deaths to be dropping now (it reflects the lockdown still), but to see cases dropping, 9 days after the end of lockdown, is very good
- although it's not been an even fall for the past few days. So I am far from confident that this is not just a problem with the data (though if it were, PHW should have said so here: http://covid19-phwstatement.nhs.wales/).
7-day average down 41 to 881.
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"It began in the US with lurid claims and a hatred of the ‘deep state’. Now it’s growing in the UK, spilling over into anti-vaccine and 5G protests, fuelled by online misinformation. Jamie Doward examines the rise of a rightwing cult movement"
👇🏼
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/20/the-qanon-conspiracy

I think I never posted a Twitter link here, but today that's changing:

Twitter is introducing fucking Twitter Stories (ahem, Fleets), and I figured it's a good time to remind everyone it's finally time to join the Fediverse:

https://twitter.com/mueslix/status/1328692395270148102

Wanna chime in? Be my guest!

1% of people cause half of global #aviation #emissions – study | Business | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/17/people-cause-global-aviation-emissions-study-covid-19

#Environment #Pollution #CivilAviation #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GreenhouseGases #FossilFuels

705 cases today #Covid19Cymru. That's good, if correct.
34 deaths looks bad but is not a surprise, after yesterday's obviously incorrect 2.
I'm a bit happier now than I have been with recent figures. I hope they're real.
Due to a power outage, I can't produce graphs until later.

Local authorities today. Ceredigion still on 12, a couple of 0s (Conwy & Môn), RhCT still worst on 89, Merthyr showing huge improvement.

Today's #Covid19Cymru figures from Public Health Wales are good news, but only just. This follows yesterday's figures, which, it was suggested (though I saw no official announcement - why not PublicHealthWales?) were artificially high due to a backlog.

892 cases today
7-day average 884.9
Down just 5.5 from yesterday
Exactly 1 week from the end of lockdown, people infected last Monday won't all be showing yet in these figures (though some will). I fear this is going to go up again soon.
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#Ceredigion is at 12 today, bringing the 7-day average down to 8 (the high of 46 drops out), but also suggests the outbreak was not fully contained. Ceredigion people are used to not worrying too much I think; we need to change gear.

Just 2 deaths were recorded today. These are weekend figures, and are normally lower, but that's unusually low. I would be surprised if that's a true reflection of the situation, though it's good to see these numbers coming down.
7-day average: 24.0 (down 0.86)
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'A little less' than one in 100 in Wales have Covid, according to ONS chief. https://nation.cymru/news/a-little-less-than-one-in-100-in-wales-have-covid-according-to-ons-chief/