Italy v UK comparison

CV-19 cases and deaths were more or less identical in Italy on March 7th and in the UK 14 days later. See graph:

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But look whats happens to Italy 14 days later! (March 21st). Deaths are up by a factor of 20 and cases up by a factor of 10. Note the bar for the March 7th deaths at 233 is so small it's barely visible:

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Scary stuff. What will the UK look like on April 4th?

CV-19 cases hits 500,000

March 26th: Up by 100,000 from 2 days ago. Deaths up by almost 5,000.

CV-19 cases hits 400,000

The number of CV-19 cases crossed 400,000 on March 24th. And sadly, the number of cases and deaths increased in Italy again, but to less than record levels. And with a six day time to double, global cases could reach 800,000 and deaths 35,000 on March 30th...

Link: Worldometer

Italy: fall in new CV-19 cases and deaths

For three days in a row. Lockdown takes time to work because of the up-to 14 days needed for symptoms to show. So this is encouraging.

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Link: Worldometers

Barbara Norris, RIP

My mother, Barbara Norris, died at 17:20 Saturday February 15th 2014 at her home in  Aberystwyth (bizarrely, my father also died on February 15th, in the year 2000).

Mum in A&E, 13th Jan 2014

My mum was born 23rd July 1928. She was 85 when she died. She met my dad in early 1957. They were engaged two weeks later and married in May.

Mum with grandsons Thomas and Charlie, 26th Dec 2013

Ciao bella. Ti amo. We love you :)

Sea level Apr 2013

The latest numbers from Colorado University show sea level increasing at 3.2 mm per year. Or just over 12 inches per 100 years. This is exactly the same as almost three years ago. So we're seeing a linear increase here, not an exponential one. At least so far.

Link: http://sealevel.colorado.edu/

CO2 March 2013

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March 2013: 397 ppm
March 2012: 394 ppm

Annual increase: 0.7%

On target to hit 400 ppm this year? If not, next year?

Source: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/