LOCKDOWN BOOST Britain’s coronavirus lockdown on course to ‘reduce death rate from 260,000 to 5,700’, say experts

ΣΧΟΛΙΟ ΙΣΤΟΛΟΓΙΟΥ : Ο Prof Ferguson & το Imperial College "έριξαν" την πρόβλεψη για θανάτους στη Βρετανία από 500 χιλιάδες , στις 260.000 χιλιάδες και τέλος στους 5.700.!! Οι Μόντυ Πάιθονς ξαναχτυπούν. Όταν έχουμε πτώση της πρόβλεψης κατά 99% αυτό είναι...κωμωδία. 

BRITAIN'S lockdown is on course to reduce the coronavirus death rate from 260,000 to 5,700, experts have said. Boris Johnson announced on Monday new government measures to curb the spread of the killer bug, by halting non-essential travel and shuttering thousands of pubs and businesses.

Statisticians at Imperial College London have calculated that the UK will avoid 260,000 deaths if it keeps on the same path seen in China.
They emphasised it shows the current government strategy is working.
Yesterday, the UK coronavirus death toll jumped to 759 after 181 more deaths were recorded in one day.

Tom Pike, of Imperial College, told The Times: "Our work shows that social distancing is working against Covid-19 as an effective parachute across multiple countries.
"That’s no reason for us to cut away our parachutes when we’re still way above the ground."
On Monday, millions around the UK watched Mr Johnson's historical address where he ordered all non-essential business to close and banned travel unless it was for an essential job or reason.
Brits were also told they could only leave the house for exercise like a walk or a jog, to go work if they are a key worker and to buy essential items such as food or medicine.
Police have been given powers to arrest people flouting the lockdown mandate as well as issue fines.
Mr Johnson said this lockdown is going to be imposed for at least three weeks - but didn't rule out extending it if necessary.

Neil Ferguson, Prof Pike's colleague at Imperial, presented a modelling analysis that suggest Covid-19 would killed 260,000 people if Britain continued with its previous policy before the lockdown.
It also suggested the death rate could go as high as 510,000 if left unchecked.
The figures led to a complete change in government strategy including the closure of schools and new social distancing measures.
In the winter of 2017-18, 26,000 people died from seasonal flu.
Prof Ferguson said he would consider the new strategy a success if the number of deaths stayed below 20,000.
This will be achieved if Britain follows a similar path as China in social distancing, according to the paper.
It also estimates that during its peak, Britain will experience more than 250 deaths a day - which is far fewer than the 1,300 a day in Italy

The scientists' strongest guess for the total number of deaths is 5,700 in the UK.
They expect up to 28,000 deaths in Italy and Spain's current trajectory could see 46,000 people die.
Their analysis relies on how the coronavirus spread in China and even though there are differences in culture and response, most countries do match China.
Prof Pike said: "Although there are undoubtedly data issues in the details, the similarity in trajectories of Italy and China suggest that overall the numbers are likely representative."

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