Yes I've seen it now on the BBC website.Originally Posted by Mike T
Seems lacking in clarity and explanation to me.
This is from the ONS.
Around 7% have been infected anti-body tests "suggest". That's from 885 people on 26th April.
From these 885 tests they come up with the 7% - on what basis? It doesn't say.
The "same household survey" carried out a swab test to detect presence of virus on "many more people" 19,000 people, 9000 households.
"Between 11 and 24 May, the swab tests of 36 people came back positive from the snapshot survey of households."
It really is all over the place.
If it was the same household survey, how have we jumped from April to May?
The 885 is nowhere near enough to make a judgement.
From the these tests the ONS estimates there are 54,000 weekly infections - but weekly when? Back in April, in early May, or now.
This reporting is absolutely shambolic.
If I get chance later I'll maybe have a dig around on the ONS because from what I can see it doesn't stack up.
