Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

R (estimate): 0.82 - UP 0.02
Edging up after yesterday's low figure is expected. The good news is that the rise was small. If R is settling around 0.8, as it appears to be, then we're going to continue to see a good downward trend in cases.

Positivity (the percentage of tests which are positive) was also low today, at 13.6%; not quite as low as yesterday (which was suspect), but otherwise the lowest since 1st December. This is further evidence that the decline in cases is real.
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There were 27 deaths recorded today, following yesterday's unexpected high of 67 (which was not a record, despite claims in other sources). This brings the 7-day average down to its lowest since the new year weekend.
7-day average: 37.14 - DOWN 4.0
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#Ceredigion has just 2 new cases. This is remarkably low. But given that the national figures appear reliable today, there is no reason to doubt it. When dealing with low numbers (compared to the national figures), large variations are more likely.
And maybe it is a sign that the problem we had in Ceredigion was due to just a few clusters, which have fizzled out.
7-day average: 12.86 - DOWN 1.43

Cases for other local authorities here, in screenshot of PHW web page.
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News in brief: Census to take place in March despite Covid concerns. https://nation.cymru/news/news-in-brief-census-to-take-place-in-march-despite-covid-concerns/

Double Down News
How did we get here
https://fb.watch/38gBMCGBm1/

Conservative MPs have ripped out an amendment to the government's trade bill to prevent the NHS being sold off or undermined by the government's trade deals with other countries.

Tory MPs rip out NHS protections from trade bill | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-trade-deal-protections-sell-off-b1789867.html?fbclid=IwAR0aXmQdqAN5mPefHQO-6v0WCOHVL4j4DGJpyybnYd3hm9_K8PGtRdRT2oA

“Airports are not devolved. The UK govt. refused to do it. They have given money to airports in England but not in Wales. Bristol gets £8m, Cardiff gets nothing. Not a word from the @WelshConserv.”

‘Welsh democracy not safe in the hands of the Tories, warns former First Minister - Nation.Cymru https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-democracy-not-safe-in-the-hands-of-the-tories-warns-former-first-minister/

Covid-19: Small independent nations performing better – BELLA GWALIA https://bellagwalia.org/2020/07/28/674/

The January Welsh Political Barometer Poll https://ift.tt/3bQgSWt

The US plans to:

- reenter the Paris climate accord

- halt border wall construction

- reverse the travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries

- re-engage with World Health Organization, will join global vaccine effort

What a difference a day makes.

Wales would vote to rejoin the EU, says opinion poll. https://nation.cymru/news/wales-would-vote-to-rejoin-the-eu-says-opinion-poll/

Mr Drakeford said that “Wales has been an outward-looking, European nation since its formation” and pledged to “deepen and build” on “established partnerships with Member States”

Welsh Gov to retain 'strong presence' in Brussels despite Brexit, Drakeford tells EU President - Nation.Cymru https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-gov-to-retain-strong-presence-in-brussels-despite-brexit-drakeford-tells-eu-president/

I found a caterpillar in a carton, when changing the food, that had begun to turn the shade of green they do after they hang, prior to turning into a chrysalis. So I carefully laid the stalk it was on across the top of a glass, where it could be safe and safely observed.

The next night, before heading to bed, I discovered the hanging caterpillar in the final stage of transformation into a chrysalis.

I moved the glass to where I could more easily photograph the chrysalis and took a movie of it.

I’m a junior doctor, it’s clear to me the Conservatives just voted to end the NHS | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/boris-johnson-nhs-privatise-covid-b1790226.html

'The New WhatsApp Update is Scary'

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This is intended for toot.wales users, I'm toying with some minor changes, would love any and all comments on the attached image showing some suggested menu changes - anyone else feel free to chime in

(I will list the text changes shown in the image in the next toot in this thread)

Irish Foreign Minister pledges to ‘deepen relationship’ with Wales. https://nation.cymru/news/irish-foreign-minister-pledges-to-deepen-relationship-with-wales/

“I passionately believe that science - all this wonderful knowledge that humans have come together to create - should be open to everyone.”

— Prof. Alice Roberts
@theAliceRoberts@twitter.com

#Science #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource