Data from COVID - 19 - Update 2 - Health

Sky News: Reports " 563 more COVID-19 deaths in UK as Boris Johnson admits more testing is needed...The number of deaths announced on Wednesday is the UK's biggest day-on-day increase as the total reached 2,352.  "

Lets Get Real:

The UK has to try even harder to get the death total down to around 7 thousand in a overall figure of twenty thousand, a boffin argued that if the UK had a death total of around twenty thousand, you could remove half of that due to a person would have died this year or next year, and thus if you get to around seven thousand dead you the UK will get off likely, it will not be another Italy or Spain.   That of course  only works if people stay inside and make sure they are in self isolation.   It can be argued that you can write off 2020, all major sport events have been moved in to next year, the 2020 Olympics, tennis, etc.  The one thing that should not be moved is the transition period for BREXIT, the HARD REMAINERS want to delay it, if it was not COVID -  19 it would be something else.  The PM has to keep faith with the voter, we want out. 

The Benefit System and COVID - 19 - Update 1 - Health

BBC News: Reports " Nearly a million people have applied for universal credit benefits in the past fortnight as the coronavirus pandemic has worsened.  "

Lets Get Real:

The universal credit system was hardly working before the COVID - 19 crisis, how will it cope will a million people wanting support.   The Government needs to stress that it is helping employers and workers with cheap loans and benefits, it as stated that it will pay 80% of wages of workers that are kept on, the other 20% should come from the employer.  For those self employed it has stated that it will pay up to 2,500 of their profits.   The worry for the Government is that companies will let go of their workers and just close shop, because they do not see an EXIT.  One can expect the left wing media to bounce on this, they will find workers, who have been left go of and are in a financial mess.  The PM is lucky the general election was in December last year, he has five years  to build up the confidence of the UK voter.  In the PM's latest video message he did not sound well, he should rest more, leave his Cabinet Ministers to deal with the crisis for a few days, better to rest and recover.