I’ve been sharing regular updates about COVID-19 primarily to help church leaders plan. Occasionally I share my thoughts and opinions about what we should be doing, nationally and internationally. All of this comes with the qualifying caveat that I’m just a bloke sat on his sofa with his laptop -I’m no expert in Epidemiology or… Continue reading COVID19 and Omicron – what next?
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Omicron – what should and shouldn’t we be looking out for?
We’re holding our breath a little at the moment to see what the level of threat from the Omicron variant is. It seems that on an hourly basis we are hearing news and commentary that either encourages confidence that all will be well or panic that we are about to head back into a nightmare.… Continue reading Omicron – what should and shouldn’t we be looking out for?
Update on Omicron and Church Risk Management
This is an update on my article yesterday regarding the recently discovered COVID Variant of concern. Two cases of Omicron have now been discovered in the UK. This has to be accounted for in in decision making as when I wrote yesterday we were working on the assumption that the variant was not yet present… Continue reading Update on Omicron and Church Risk Management
What about the not so Nu variant?
Okay, I was all ready with my article heading about a nu variant and then the WHO threw me a curve ball and called it “omicron” instead. I’ve decided to press on with a small variation to the title. Like me, your social media timeline and news feed has probably been full of stuff about… Continue reading What about the not so Nu variant?
COVID update for churches 23/11/2021
Here’s an update on where we are in terms of the current UK COVID data. Cases UK case numbers have been increasing for the past 13 days (with a small interruption on the 17th November. This reflects daily increases in English reported cases of between 8-10% towards the back end of last week and 13-18%… Continue reading COVID update for churches 23/11/2021
Regathering and Replanting
I want to think a little bit more about what is involved for churches coming out of lockdown. I did one of my mini-surveys via twitter recently and here are the results. As always, I’m not claiming that my survey gives infallible, fully representative, scientific, Gallup standard analysis. However, it is a good dip check… Continue reading Regathering and Replanting
COVID update 12/11/2021
After 18 consecutive days of falling case numbers, we’ve now had two days of increases in reported cases. It’s worth remembering that people who have been following the numbers were projecting further case growth after the return from Half Term. I stated here a few weeks ago that I wouldn’t be surprised to see some… Continue reading COVID update 12/11/2021
COVID-19 update for church risk management 05-11-2021
Here’s the latest COVID-19 data to assist with decision making and risk assessment. We are now coming up to the end of the first week back from the main half-term break. I have said previously that it is possible that we might see some uptick in cases as school LFT mass testing resumes. So far… Continue reading COVID-19 update for church risk management 05-11-2021
COVID update – post half-term
English schools are beginning to return from the half-term break so this would be a good opportunity to have a look at the current data. We might expect some of the reduction in case numbers last week to have been a result of reduced testing during the holidays. Certainly we have seen an increase in… Continue reading COVID update – post half-term
COVID latest
Here’s the latest update on the COVID19 pandemic situation in the UK. Cases We saw case numbers falling through the last week. The trend was reflected in all parts of the UK. No doubt a significant factor will have been the Half Term holidays. This will have had two consequences, first a reduced amount of… Continue reading COVID latest
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