ZRX61 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:36 pm
Day three of the reinstated "requirement" to wear a mask inside shops & bars etc... & so far not a single place I've been to is complying.
Whereas in the civilised world it seems like the optional requirement to wear masks in shops etc is being adhered to. Mainly.
The virus is still circulating, it seems like a small concession even if it turns out to be pointless, which I highly doubt will be scientifically proven. 'Social media proven', maybe.
ZRX61 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:36 pm
Day three of the reinstated "requirement" to wear a mask inside shops & bars etc... & so far not a single place I've been to is complying.
Whereas in the civilised world it seems like the optional requirement to wear masks in shops etc is being adhered to. Mainly.
The virus is still circulating, it seems like a small concession even if it turns out to be pointless, which I highly doubt will be scientifically proven. 'Social media proven', maybe.
Is the correct answer. I went to the shops twice yesterday, 4 different places and i didn't see anyone without a mask. Nothing here felt any different to the last 6 months, 12 months, whatever
ZRX61 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:36 pm
Day three of the reinstated "requirement" to wear a mask inside shops & bars etc... & so far not a single place I've been to is complying.
Whereas in the civilised world it seems like the optional requirement to wear masks in shops etc is being adhered to. Mainly.
The virus is still circulating, it seems like a small concession even if it turns out to be pointless, which I highly doubt will be scientifically proven. 'Social media proven', maybe.
Is the correct answer. I went to the shops twice yesterday, 4 different places and i didn't see anyone without a mask. Nothing here felt any different to the last 6 months, 12 months, whatever
Pretty much the same. I went to Welwyn yesterday to meet my brother for a coffee. I wore a mask in the shop as were most people in the shops and some wearing them in the street. I say more mask wearers than not.
Which makes sense in my mind, in Herford we are back at the level we were in January in terms of infection rates
Docca wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:59 am
I’m still seeing people without masks. It is almost exclusively people in their 20s. Most are still wearing a mask however, as am I. I’m hopeful.
It looks to me like more of a London or city thing, I went to London Bridge a couple of weeks back and plenty of people even then weren't bothering including station staff, back home in Sussex I haven't noticed anyone without a mask.
My totally scientific, statistically rigorous, random, double-blind analysis:
Mid-afternoon:
Sainsbury's - pretty much everyone masked up.
CO-OP - loads of maskless Wayne and Waynettas heaving their bulk around buying fags, booze and TV dinners.
Conclusions (validated by WHO): it's a social class/anthropological thing. Mask wearing incidence (M) increases in proportion to the knuckles/ground distance (Kg), IQ (I) and age (A) as follows:
M = A +(Kg* I^2)
A grant application has been made to extend the study to to include the population subset of people who work.
Count Steer wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:02 pm
My totally scientific, statistically rigorous, random, double-blind analysis:
Mid-afternoon:
Sainsbury's - pretty much everyone masked up.
CO-OP - loads of maskless Wayne and Waynettas heaving their bulk around buying fags, booze and TV dinners.
Conclusions (validated by WHO): it's a social class/anthropological thing. Mask wearing incidence (M) increases in proportion to the knuckles/ground distance (Kg), IQ (I) and age (A) as follows:
M = A +(Kg* I^2)
A grant application has been made to extend the study to to include the population subset of people who work.
Everybody in the office was wearing a mask today.. OK, slight exaggeration, both of us were. Tomorrow we shall mostly be in separate vehicles, so much mush safeness.
gremlin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:39 pm
Waitrose was 90% masks. Morrison's last night c. 70%.
I ain't even chancin' Lidl.
The data set is building M&S data due in tomorrow.
Anyone likely to be popping into Harrods food hall?
Londis info would be useful...but they probably don't let you in with a mask on.
gremlin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:39 pm
Waitrose was 90% masks. Morrison's last night c. 70%.
I ain't even chancin' Lidl.
The data set is building M&S data due in tomorrow.
Anyone likely to be popping into Harrods food hall?
Londis info would be useful...but they probably don't let you in with a mask on.
My local Tesco is probably 90-95% people wearing masks if that helps
gremlin wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:39 pm
Waitrose was 90% masks. Morrison's last night c. 70%.
I ain't even chancin' Lidl.
The data set is building M&S data due in tomorrow.
Anyone likely to be popping into Harrods food hall?
Londis info would be useful...but they probably don't let you in with a mask on.
My local Tesco is probably 90-95% people wearing masks if that helps
Hmm...I suspect Gremlin's 90% at Waitrose was probably a low estimate if Tesco is running at 90-95%. However, M&S today (market day*) was masky paradise. 1 staff member without a mask and poor M*****l who is 'not quite all there' wearing, as he has done for over a year, the same disposable mask...under his chin as usual.
* On 'market day' Variable A for the whole cohort of village shoppers is approx 89.374 years which may explain the high M value. Although the annual average M for this particular M&S is 81.762 years.
ZRX61 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:18 pm
LA is now claiming to be back in the purple category because the rate of infections is about 1000/day
Something a bit off here as last time they said that it took 4000 cases/day to qualify for the purple category.
Probably because they know the figures are a lot higher due to a lack of testing.
They're coming up with some bizarre math... They're claiming that 5.2% *of the population* are testing positive during this surge.. but they've only tested 0.0049% of the population, so in reality it's 5.2% of 0.0049%..., I think that works out to about 0.00024%?
ZRX61 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:18 pm
LA is now claiming to be back in the purple category because the rate of infections is about 1000/day
Something a bit off here as last time they said that it took 4000 cases/day to qualify for the purple category.
Probably because they know the figures are a lot higher due to a lack of testing.
They're coming up with some bizarre math... They're claiming that 5.2% *of the population* are testing positive during this surge.. but they've only tested 0.0049% of the population, so in reality it's 5.2% of 0.0049%..., I think that works out to about 0.00024%?
Don't they do random or sample testing and extrapolate to get an overall estimate? I thought that was what the ONS were doing for England. Seems the logical thing to do.
M&S data due in tomorrow.
