Last 24 hours:

Tests: 17,572
Positives: 969
Negativity rate: 94.5%

Another improvement today. I& #39;ll add a few more thoughts on it. /1
The reason 5.5% is grounds for *tentative encouragement* is if growth is left unchecked, you don& #39;t get these weeks where the positivity rate drops a couple of %.

What you get is it increasing daily with no let-up, that was certainly the case in Belgium, Israel, Czech Republic.
The key word is "tentative".

Nobody is doing any celebration jigs at 5.5% positivity and 300.0+ per 100,000 14-day incidence.

The situation remains very precarious & infection is far too high.

But you& #39;d clearly take this 5.5% tentative encouragement over 10%+ worry.
The positivity rates throughout Europe are sky high, you& #39;re looking at 10% to 35% in many countries.

We were almost certainly heading for 10%+ so to somehow avoid hitting it and to drop back nearer 5% is encouraging.

Encouraging doesn& #39;t mean "hunky dory".
All of this will mean very little if people are off doing up a shebeen and getting kegs https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel">

It can just as quickly increase if enough of society starts taking the piss.

a) 5.5% is still high
b) It can get worse quickly.
c) Nobody will breathe easier until we get down to 1%.
We have to stick to the basic measures to get this down.

-Hand washing
-Masks
-2 meters
-Cough into elbow (this is important and people forget).
-Flu vaccine
-Well ventilated rooms https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes HĂ€kchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes HĂ€kchen">, closed windows https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❎" title="Negatives quadratisches Kreuzchen" aria-label="Emoji: Negatives quadratisches Kreuzchen">

No famous people RT& #39;ing me this time, thank you https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đŸ–ïž" title="Erhobene Hand mit gespreizten Fingern" aria-label="Emoji: Erhobene Hand mit gespreizten Fingern">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit FreudentrĂ€nen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit FreudentrĂ€nen">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙄" title="Gesicht mit rollenden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit rollenden Augen">
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