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GB72 said:
I actually think that women's hairdressers have a better chance of opening early than men. They work by appointment only mainly, they are far less crowded than barbers and many are already well spaced out between chairs. Once you address how to deal with the inevitable contact within 2m, they actually have the rest pretty sorted.
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I don't think it will be long before social distancing will be replaced with social distance unless everyone wears a mask then can get closer.

Would allow safer public transport and if say a hairdresser gave their client a mask and wore one themsleves that would work
 
Seems Spain are going china figures.

Wonder why their death figures have dropped off a cliff and appear to be under reported as well from news reports.
 
DRW said:
Seems Spain are going china figures.

Wonder why their death figures have dropped off a cliff and appear to be under reported as well from news reports.
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I heard some expert on the radio this morning, he said Spain have change how they report deaths so it artificially looks like there are zero Covid deaths.
The details of how they changed it though I'm not sure about.
 
Beezerk said:
I heard some expert on the radio this morning, he said Spain have change how they report deaths so it artificially looks like there are zero Covid deaths.
The details of how they changed it though I'm not sure about.
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My sister lives in Spain and a couple of weeks back shared the reporting of deaths and they seemed to lose 600 in a week...as in reported 600 less than the week before!
 
clubchamp98 said:
Why would they change the way they count the deaths?
It seems a bit cynical to get the tourist trade going again.
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This is one thing that I would like to know more about, how the various countries are recording these figures. Are they in all environments, are they recording the death as Covid related if there is a positive test or only if it can be proved to be the cause of death. The figures used in the UK do appear to be some of the most wide reaching in that we are reporting all environments and if there is only a positive test result but then this is being used as a comparative (despite many attempts by the scientists to explain why this is not a correct comparison) and then being used in the media to assess how the government are performing, whether we should be easing lockdown provisions (or tightening them) etc. Really a global (or at least european) standard should have been put in place so as the impact of certain measures could be assessed by comparing like for like results.

Not saying it is any way true but would it be such a massive leap to think that a government would change the reporting method in order to allow the more rapid opening of a country's major industry or governments setting more stringent requirements before covid is listed on a death certificate to show a better 'performance' against other countries or to expedite the restarting of economic activity. The cynic in me thinks not.
 
GB72 said:
This is one thing that I would like to know more about, how the various countries are recording these figures. Are they in all environments, are they recording the death as Covid related if there is a positive test or only if it can be proved to be the cause of death. The figures used in the UK do appear to be some of the most wide reaching in that we are reporting all environments and if there is only a positive test result but then this is being used as a comparative (despite many attempts by the scientists to explain why this is not a correct comparison) and then being used in the media to assess how the government are performing, whether we should be easing lockdown provisions (or tightening them) etc. Really a global (or at least european) standard should have been put in place so as the impact of certain measures could be assessed by comparing like for like results.

Not saying it is any way true but would it be such a massive leap to think that a government would change the reporting method in order to allow the more rapid opening of a country's major industry or governments setting more stringent requirements before covid is listed on a death certificate to show a better 'performance' against other countries or to expedite the restarting of economic activity. The cynic in me thinks not.
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I would say that if the death rate changed 600 in one week there is a black and white answer .
But are they going to tell us what it is?
Tourism is one of their economic big industries, so I am a bit more suspicious than you!
 
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