Coronavirus

[Graham Breeze]

... believes herd community kicks in at much less than the 60% figure that is conventionally quoted. This is based on the theory that people's susceptibility to the virus varies. So that as the epidemic progresses, the pool of easily infected people starts to dry up.

Last Saturday I self-administered a Covid 19 test as part of a random DoHSE/ Imperial College/ Ipsos MORI survey to see how many people actually have the virus.

It was all very professionally done - comprehensive instructions/ youtube video/ lengthy questionnaire about health/contacts etc, time - slot courier collection of sample.

I got my result (negative) on Wednesday by text, email and a letter - so no delay there and I look forward to the findings.