Day 66 — Thursday 28 May 2020

Image by Wordswag — words by Michael de Groot

Have you noticed that my writing is getting shorter? Well I am so busy with STUFF, that I am locating soundbites on Twitter and YouTube that I’m collecting in my journal like clips, for future review. After all the announcements recently maybe this journal is also coming to an end as lockdown as we know it is coming to an end from the 1st June or is it?

[embed]https://twitter.com/i/events/1265973623535226881[/embed]

During the press conference today. Boris Johnson avoided all the questions about Dominic Cummings and wishes to draw line under it. Interesting question techniques by the media. He also stopped Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance answering questions about Dominic Cummings’ behaviour that were directed at them. This isn’t going to end well is it?


I noticed this tweet below, which I thought was really interesting in terms of having a day off, it reminds me I must do some housework too!

[embed]https://twitter.com/louiseteboul/status/1266036303629598720?s=21[/embed]


This tweet below is a very very important Tweet, it proves what I have been saying from the beginning that the figures that are being presented are not 100% correct.

[embed]https://twitter.com/johnsweeneyroar/status/1265895966764404736?s=21[/embed]

Here’s the link to the article, which is free to read.

[embed]https://twitter.com/i/events/1265973623535226881[/embed]

The summary basically is that the UK has suffered the second-highest rate of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic after Spain, according to excess mortality figures.

The UK has registered 59,537 more deaths than usual since the week ending March 20, indicating that the virus has directly or indirectly killed 891 people per million.

Until Thursday, the UK had a higher rate of death than in any country for which high-quality data exist. However, Spain made a revision to its mortality estimates, adding 12,000 to its toll of excess deaths from coronavirus in a one-off adjustment to 43,000. This increased its death rate to 921 per million.


https://twitter.com/ccriadoperez/status/1265929202685095939?s=21

The above tweet is very true. Over this weekend when the weather is going to be amazing, thousands of British people will be going to the beach, disobeying the orders by the U.K. government. Well, if it is good enough for Dominic Cummings, it is good enough for us, right?

Michael out…

Michael de Groot