As I’ve noted here the other day, based on the latest figures (Wednesday at 4PM), we have more than 10 times more COVID-19 casualties than 2 summers ago. Here’s a visual way to show this:

Are we improving or lying to ourselves about it?

In the news:

1. Stop Telling Americans That They’re “Tired of Covid”
2. We cannot pretend COVID-19 is not here, says WHO Chief

England’s latest figures (annotated for simplicity’s sake, click image for large version):

I remember when their predicted graphs looked very different way back in 2020. Their promises were false. Also see: COVID-19 Death Toll This August More Than 10 Times Higher Than in August 2020 (So Far)

According to data just published in the official portal, deaths in 15 days of August 2022:

15-08-2022 23
14-08-2022 66
13-08-2022 72
12-08-2022 84
11-08-2022 103
10-08-2022 94
09-08-2022 114
08-08-2022 118
07-08-2022 123
06-08-2022 108
05-08-2022 119
04-08-2022 110
03-08-2022 148
02-08-2022 142
01-08-2022 150

Totals 2022: 1,424

Deaths in 15 days of August 2021:

15-08-2021 74
14-08-2021 82
13-08-2021 90
12-08-2021 93
11-08-2021 81
10-08-2021 69
09-08-2021 71
08-08-2021 67
07-08-2021 85
06-08-2021 81
05-08-2021 90
04-08-2021 71
03-08-2021 66
02-08-2021 67
01-08-2021 75

Totals 2021: 1,087

Deaths in 15 days of August 2020:

15-08-2020 11
14-08-2020 6
13-08-2020 7
12-08-2020 6
11-08-2020 10
10-08-2020 11
09-08-2020 9
08-08-2020 11
07-08-2020 8
06-08-2020 9
05-08-2020 3
04-08-2020 10
03-08-2020 15
02-08-2020 8
01-08-2020 9

Totals 2020: 124

With all-time temperature records already broken (about 40 degrees in England), we’ve now entered a long-enduring period of unprecedented heat. Suddenly many people’s homes, designed for a relatively cold climate, become unsuitable accommodation and going outdoors is ever more appealing.

Thankfully there are still many public parks and bicycle lanes, so we’ve taken advantage of the heatwave to have a summer holiday, a staycation.

I’ve not left Manchester in 2.5 years. I don’t miss flying, that’s for sure. It became less pleasant than ever.

Data published 2 days ago:

Only about 2,000 Brits per day, mostly young kids, ‘decide’ to give those shots a shot (or the kids’ parents decide for them); the companies are reaching for the “bottom” or the “low end” of the “market” now (about 15 million Brits got no COVID-19 shots at all)

Vaccines need to improve, but the patent cartel works to ensure the monopoly is preserved and people have shots administered to them without actually solving the problem (this summer is the most deadly and infectious so far… by far)

I’ve long advocated hosting from home, to the extent possible, but this site is managed from Northern Ireland and physically hosted in London since 2004. Maybe one day, provided a fast connection and assurance of no outages, I’ll host it from home. With rising energy prices we now see the media discussing power “rationing” (i.e. planned outages). That would completely mess up prospects of hosting from home.

Last night we had several site outages, which are very rare. I think this happens less than once a year.

According to weekly data published just hours ago.

01-08-2022: 289,322 PCR tests, 6.2 of which positive (7-day period ending that date)

01-08-2021: 2,177,820 PCR tests, 7.7% of which positive (7-day period ending that date)

01-08-2020: 712,277 PCR tests, 0.9% of which positive (7-day period ending that date)