*"The national average is inflated by the huge rate of infections in care homes * *and hospitals.... **The admission may provide some comfort to those fearful of * *catching the **disease outside of care homes and hospital settings, as the spread * *of the **disease is not as alarming as the headline figure would suggest." *
*The whole article is worth reading carefully.* *MCM* Coronavirus 'R' rate could be as low as 0.5 outside of hospitals—with the national average inflated by the huge infection rate in medical settings, say SAGE scientists - *The coronavirus 'R' rate is lower than previously revealed, new documents show* - *In the community the rate was closer to 0.5, lower than the national average * - *The crucial R rate is how the Government makes decisions on easing lockdown* - * https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8370921/Coronavirus-R-rate-low-0-5-outside-hospitals.html <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8370921/Coronavirus-R-rate-low-0-5-outside-hospitals.html> * By COLIN FERNANDEZ <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Colin+Fernandez> and SOPHIE BORLAND <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Sophie+Borland> and VICTORIA ALLEN FOR THE DAILY MAIL <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Victoria+Allen+for+the+Daily+Mail> PUBLISHED: 17:00 EDT, 29 May 2020 | UPDATED: 22:53 EDT, 29 May 2020 *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W9ZjHhrHQnJ65eTKFHZTvFLzZnatYTj5n%2BKB9TF2Stuyg%40mail.gmail.com.
