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Big uptick in cases in Worthing this week - 37 this week compared to 5 last week, putting Worthing at 33 cases per 100k. Changes in small numbers can lead to apparent big percentage shifts, of course, so fingers crossed this is a blip rather than a significant trend. If it's the latter...

Given this has veered somewhat off the main topic into general Covid-19 discussions, and I realise I've played a part in that, this can now be moved to the appropriate sub-forum.

Sweden is twice as big as the UK. It has 15% of the population.If Sweden had the population density of the UK it would have 130 million people instead of the 10m currently rattling around its vast expanses. If you truly believe population density is irrelevant in the ability of a virus to pass...

Happy to pay for the flight* BTW, and not just because they're dirt cheap right now. (* - one way)

Apples and, oh I dunno, conkers. UK population density: 275 people per square kilometer Sweden population density: 25 people per square kilometer In case the meaning of the above has passed you by: if a virus does best by passing from person to person, it will have a rip-roaring time when...

It was the lead story and discussed at length on 5 Live as I was cooking dinner. Not sure they covered anything else. Appreciate this revelation doesn’t quite fit with what you want to hear.

Got it. I'm with you: Sweden's approach to dealing with Covid-19 has been brilliant* (* - if you ignore that they lost 10 times as many people as their two nearest geographical and cultural neighbours with the same size population, also ignore that Sweden's current social restrictions are more...

A strange thing to say, given this is only about deaths. Go back to mid-March - maybe take a look at the main NSC thread on this subject - and there was all manner of this being said... "What's the fuss about - only a few people have it. You've got more chance of <insert something bizarre that...

And, for clarity, I'm not saying that the Swedish approach is wrong or right - I think it's far too early to be making any assessments like that. But I'm a bit fed up of people suggesting, based on evidence to date, that Sweden are best-in-class for their Covid-19 response because by almost...

If you want to talk deaths, you can't just ignore what has happened up until now... ...and, yes, Sweden didn't go as hard on restrictions as their neighbours, although Norway, who went hardest, is now more relaxed than Sweden. And how has it played out for these countries economically thus...

You'll need to scroll back a page or two where I wrote something about this. I'm not writing it again.

If you're going to make a rule that limits social interaction (or rules on almost anything really), you have to draw the line somewhere. This means you can give all manner of examples that lie just the "wrong" side of where the line has been drawn in order to try and make the rule look...

Who needs enforcement to do the right thing? Every time I get in my car I could try and see how fast I can be going by the time I reach the end of the road. I'd be breaking the 30mph speed limit by some way in an area with many kids about. But why shouldn't I? If no one is going to enforce the...

Whilst I understand why it appears confusing, I don't think it actually is. The more interaction there is between humans, the more the virus will spread - that we know. So it's about trying to find the delicate balance that allows as much normality, for want of a better description, to...

How familiar are you with the British weather?

Based on this, presumably you think increasing restrictions now is absolutely the right thing to be doing then (whether you agree the the specific restriction being brought in is the right one or not)? I ask because I see a lot of people damning the imposition of restrictions now and I'm...

Covered by the director of NHS Test and Trace: 1303248829416976384 And a tone of message significantly more comforting than that of the PM: 1303254474878840832

There's absolutely no whatabouttery at all. It's not a sport I engage in, as you of all people should be aware. And, as it turns out, Springal had made the very same point at about the same time. Had I seen that post, I'd not have made mine as the point had already been made and, as Springal...

You're embarrassing yourself. And Covid-19 is not a strain of the flu.

Healthy people are at risk. If all healthy people get this, some will die. The percentage will be low, certainly, but a tiny percentage of millions of people is a big number. And that's assuming that those who require hospital care to be OK can get that help. If health services are overwhelmed...