Monthly Archives: March 2020

boars take Bergamo

Red alert, day 19. Lockdown, day nine. As of this morning, Suffolk has 116 confirmed cases and Tower Hamlets has 225 confirmed cases. The UK has 25,150 confirmed cases (143,186 tests), and as of yesterday 1789 patients have died. This … Continue reading

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hostile environment

Red alert, day 18. Lockdown, day eight. Suffolk has 100 confirmed cases and Tower Hamlets has 195 confirmed cases according to today’s updates. The PM’s puppetmaster Dominic Cummings has self isolated. The UK has 22,141 confirmed cases (of 134,946 tests), … Continue reading

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battleground photos

Red alert, day 17. Lockdown, day seven. As of this morning, Suffolk has 87 confirmed cases and Tower Hamlets has 184 confirmed cases. The UK has 19,522 confirmed cases, and as of 5 pm yesterday 1,228 patients have died. Systematic … Continue reading

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getting personal

Red alert, day 16. There are 61 confirmed cases in Suffolk and 129 confirmed cases in Tower Hamlets as of 9 am yesterday (via BBC). The UK has 17,089 confirmed cases in total (120,776 tests) as of 9 am today … Continue reading

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let Larry do it

Red alert, day 15. Suffolk has 42 confirmed cases and Tower Hamlets 93 confirmed cases. Westminster has 172 confirmed cases including Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, 55. Health minister and West Suffolk MP Matt Hancock is also positive and the … Continue reading

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things to be furious about

Red alert, day 14. Suffolk confirmed cases up to 35, Tower Hamlets at 71 as of 9 am 25 March. Victoria Park in Tower Hamlets has been closed after people would not keep their distance. A total of 104,866 people … Continue reading

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still powering down

Red alert, day 13. There are 28 confirmed cases in Suffolk, 70 in Tower Hamlets as of 24 March. There are 24 confirmed cases in the Grampian region of Scotland. One is Charles PAG Mountbatten-Windsor, 71, on public support but … Continue reading

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special care

Red alert, day 12. There were 22 diagnosed cases in Suffolk and 67 in Tower Hamlets as of 5:30 pm yesterday. The UK has diagnosed 8077 cases and 422 people have died according to the latest Guardian reporting, which really … Continue reading

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it’s a wrap

Red alert, day 11. BBC tracker reports 18 confirmed cases in Suffolk and 57 in Tower Hamlets as of 9 am yesterday. Guardian this morning reports 5683 confirmed cases in the UK and 281 deaths. As of 1 pm, 6650 … Continue reading

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concellation

Red alert, day 10. This morning the BBC tracker reports 15 confirmed cases in Suffolk and 51 in Tower Hamlets as of 9 am March 21. Again, this is more a measure of testing than actual spread. UK has 5,018 … Continue reading

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dogs don’t walk themselves

Red alert, day nine. Suffolk cases still at 13, Mile End now at 43 (BBC). News is getting harder to keep up with now that we have two news cycles per day in two or three timezones. However the briefings … Continue reading

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radio free ipswich

Red alert, day eight. 13 cases in Suffolk and 33 in Tower Hamlets as of March 19. The first London hospital, in Harrow, has declared itself overwhelmed. There is a “hotspot” in the West Midlands. One employee at a Biogen … Continue reading

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