Which statistics, and are you talking about UK statistics, as far as I know UK data is collected and ultimately reported to the NSO and published by them. Political spin and choice of measures are another matter altogether.
Malcolm, Indian/Asian yes there is a known disproportionate risk but what has being Muslim got to do with Covid-19.
That is no different to a Catholic or Protestant mass or people congregating in any other service in the UK the only difference is that they might have better attendance whereas a catholic church would likely be quite empty even in normal times. And that photo is exactly what a mass is like in the Philippines, I've have been many times. It is also irrelevant in the UK as like the rest of us they have had to observe the rules in lockdown and Mosques are empty.
and their own homes ? rules are one thing--habits and imams are another. ok--why do you think leicester is top of the heap ?
How are they going to transmit the virus to others outside when praying at home, the only way it spreads is by mixing with other people. The east of the city appears to have been the epicentre a place with tightly packed terraced housing and a lot of multigeneration households, and there seems to have been a lack of social distancing at work. There is nowhere in the UK that is much more than a fortnight away from that kind of outbreak, there is nothing unique about Leicester it could and will happen anywhere in this country.
Now they are kite flying " lockdown for the over 50s" so that puts a lot of people on life's scrapheap!
In the Philippines at Christmas we had four generations sleeping under the same roof for a period of days, that's the house I rent, a Catholic family (apart from me). Multigenerational families are not a feature of specific faiths, they are a feature of cultural traditions and economic differences. My parents grew up in overcrowded conditions father was eldest of 13 kids and my mother the youngest of 11 kids and both families were relatively well off.
Not at all, I'm happy to wait as long as required to get a chance of surviving. Not saying I agree with it from a science viewpoint but I would not object to discussing the possibility.
What's hygiene got to do with it, you get infected by breathing in an aerosol, if you are sharing a confined space with lots of other people you will breath it in or have enough of it land on your eyes whether you are in the dirtiest dump or the most spotless palace.
So here you go a man in his early 60s works as a computer programmer gets locked down, firm he works for goes bust! Man out of work, job comes up suits him and he could do It, but is pitted against a youngster who also can do the job. Firm then has to decide older person at risk of further lockdown etc or a youngster, and so the cycle continues for the older man
So I'll claim first prize then, I live in a single generation household. One generation perfect! Two generations, oh not so good. Three generations, oh really bad how dare you have kids and want to look after granny or grandpa. Four generations, how dare you not have enough money to kick your kids and their kids out.
And how many people do you see walking straight out of a toilet without any kind of handwashing in pubs and restaurants in the UK, 62% of men and 40% of women according to one UK rag on a quick Google search.
