By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley
As a Sunday rest from the doom and gloom about the Chinese virus, here is an ingenious photographic composition from one of Britain’s leading artists.
“The English patient had caught it on the beach. I should have stayed at home she said. Now she was in quarantine in the dark house of splendid isolation. Still …
“… hope springs eternal. With a little bit of luck, common sense, and personal hygiene, the Corona book of horror stories must end soon. Always remember, clean hands save lives: and, when in doubt, don’t go out!”
Phil Shaw, the artist, was born and raised in Huddersfield, in God’s own county. He studied painting at Leeds Polytechnic and then printmaking at the Royal College of Art. In 2000 he was awarded a Doctorate in Printmaking from Middlesex University, where he has taught since 1980.
In 2004, one of his works was chosen as Print of the Year by the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. Shaw regularly exhibits at the Royal Academy. Works by him are in the UK Government Art Collection and the Vulcan Collection. David Cameron commissioned Shaw to create the thought-provoking print presented to world leaders at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland in 2013. The original is in the National Art Collection.
Meanwhile, here are today’s daily charts. Since many countries have proven incapable of keeping a proper track of confirmed cases that have recovered, the Active-Cases chart is based on yesterday’s cumulative cases less cumulative cases for three weeks previously, on the assumption that people either die or recover 21 days after becoming confirmed cases.
On that assumption, several countries still show positive mean daily compound rates of growth in active cases, averaged over seven days. Among them are the United States, United Kingdom, France and the non-lockdown Sweden, whose active-case rate is now the highest among the countries we are following.
Fig. 1. Mean compound daily growth rates in estimated active cases of COVID-19 for the world excluding China (red) and for several individual nations averaged over the successive seven-day periods ending on all dates from April 1 to April 25, 2020.
Fig. 2. Mean compound daily growth rates in cumulative COVID-19 deaths for the world excluding China (red) and for several individual nations averaged over the successive seven-day periods ending on all dates from April 8 to April 25, 2020.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/26/virologist-christian-drosten-germany-coronavirus-expert-interview
So it is 4 PM EST and I just got back from Englewood Beach on the central west coast of Florida. The beach was open, so was the parking lot but it was full. Across the street was a restaurant/bar that was open for take out only. We went there and the lower bar was doing the take out in a legal way, all servings were not open, the customer had to open them. There is a large patio with seating and that is where all us take out customers were hanging out. It is a beautiful day, clear blue skies, low 80F temps and a brisk wind coming off the Gulf of Mexico. Those enjoying their take out beverages were doing the right things, no more than 4 at a table, keeping the 6 foot distance between tables and other seating areas. What better place to be to be healthy….outside in the sun with a clean, fresh wind blowing. Then some cry baby fool called the Sheriff’s office and they arrived to shut down the seating. All responsible adults, voluntarily doing the correct things but we were not allowed to continue. No blame on the officers, they were doing their jobs enforcing the policies that they had to. This is madness and it must stop.