Total Number of Covid Deaths in English Hospitals Falls to One

By Toby Young / 13 July 2020

Carl Heneghan, the Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford, tweeted that there were no Covid deaths reported in hospitals in England on July 10th, but perhaps the data source he was checking hadn’t been updated because the NHS England statistics site is now showing six. But for July 11th, the total was just one. Won’t be long now before we do have a day on which no Covid deaths occur in England’s hospitals. I predict it will happen some time in the next seven days.

Round-Up

And on to the round-up of all the stories I’ve noticed, or which have been been brought to my attention, in the last 24 hours:

• ‘Man plans to sue NHS after cancer surgery delayed due to coronavirus‘ – Article in the Observer about a former senior NHS official who is suing the NHS after his prostate cancer treatment was postponed and he had to have a biopsy and a prostatectomy done privately
• ‘French bus driver attacked over mask rules dies‘ – A French bus driver was attacked by passengers after asking them to wear masks which are compulsory on French public transport. He later died in hospital
• ‘Scots cancer deaths soar as 900 patients die at home during lockdown‘ – Horrifying story in the Daily Record. Expect more headlines like this in the weeks and months to come
• ‘Our fearful leaders are failing to stand up to the radical woke minority‘ – Good piece by Nick Timothy in the Telegraph
• ‘HOT SPOTS: Government lists 20 councils facing worst Covid outbreaks with lockdown fears over Bradford, Sheffield & Kirklees‘ – Alarming piece in the Sun about the areas being lined-up to be the next Leicesters
• ‘What it feels like to be CANCELLED‘ – Excellent round-up of the recently cancelled in the Mail on Sunday
• ‘Families sue Matt Hancock over coronavirus care home deaths‘ – The relatives of several care home residents who died from coronavirus are suing Health Secretary Matt Hancock
• ‘Fifth of vulnerable people considered self-harm in UK lockdown‘ – Guardian documents psychological toll taken by the lockdown on the UK’s most vulnerable
• ‘COVID-19 and Project Fear‘ – Free book to download by GMSeed
• ‘Mr Andrews, tear down this wall‘ – Incendiary piece in the Australian Spectator comparing the state of Victoria to East Germany, given how severe its lockdown restrictions are and the fact that people aren’t allowed in or out of the state
• ‘Government won’t reveal Leicester’s test and trace stats‘ – Interesting piece in the Leicester Mercury. Quelle surprise
• ‘Coronavirus: Could it be burning out after 20% of a population is infected?‘ – Good piece in the Conversation by a Professor of Genetics and a Professor of Epidemiology. This is the piece linked to in the Swiss Doctor’s latest update, but worth flagging again here
• ‘Just 12% of Britons want life to go back to “normal” after coronavirus‘ – Depressing survey result
• ‘BYE STREET: 250,000 High Street jobs could be axed as more Brits shop online during coronavirus crisis‘ – The Sun reports that pre-pandemic online sales accounted for 30 per cent of non-food sales, but that is likely to rise to 40 per cent, which means hundreds of thousands of job losses
• ‘Scientists from the Wuhan virus lab have “defected” to the West, reveals senior Trump ally Steve Bannon – as FBI gathers evidence that coronavirus pandemic was caused by an accidental leak‘ – Huge if true

And Finally…

My sources in Downing Street tell me the red crayon belongs to Boris, the green one to Dominic Cummings and the blue one to Matt Hancock.

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