Covid 19

Media and some politicians have said Covid 19 is in the most deprived areas, I think the figures below could refute this.
These are the published figures per hundred thousand:

Just look at the 2020/21 figures and compare them to January last year, a rise of more than 700 cases.
In Harlow previous year (2021), it was 1520.70 at the beginning of January; now, in the beginning of January 2022, it's 2306.4 Two days later 2315.5
Harlow was top with 2315.5 but has had a massive drop, now lying in sixteenth in the Eastern region with 1077 on the 18th of Jan, while the national score is:973.6.
Thurrock, leaders for most of the last wave in 2021, were third to Harlow now they to have had a masssive drop and find themselves in 41st place.
Thurrock at the beginning of January 2021 1540.10 now in January 2022 it is 2232.1, two days later 5th of Jan 1977.4, 18th of Jan 820.4
The 18th of Jan current leaders of the table are Peterborough with 1663.7.
Epping is Harlow's nearest neighbouring town; Harlow was built on land that once came under Epping rural district council; I'm not sure what towns and villages are included in the title "Epping Forest", they were in fifteenth place with 1818.8. On the 18th Jan they are fifth from bottom with 708.9
Harlow's other neighbouring town Broxbourne (Hoddesdon),1480.30 on the 4th Jan 2021. On the 3rd of January 2022, 2062.7 on 5th Jan 1884.4,
yet another massive drop,18th of Jan 695.8
On the 3rd of January 2022, East Hertfordshire 1936.9 now on 5th Jan 1768.9 in eighteenth place,18th of Jan 715.5, finding theselves just above Epping Forest.
Brentwood on 18th of Jan are now bottom of the covid league with 589.1.

Friday the 21st of January was the first day the government told everyone to stop working from home.
There is a good chance that the numbers will go up again in commuter towns, the first or second week in February will be interesting.

I'm sorry the figures above are not as comprehensive as they should be, but they do show what has been happening in some towns.

2020 History
On the 18th December 2020 the England total was 317, Essex was way above this, in Harlow it was 730.5.
18th Dec 2020 Thurrock had become the highest in Essex and the highest in England with 1217.30.
Basildon hospital, like Harlow hospital, take Covid patients from surrounding areas not just their towns.
Around New years day 2020 Essex hospitals began to export Covid patients to Norfolk and Suffolk hospitals, Kent hospitals also began exporting Covid patients to Hampshire and Devon, this might have an affect on Covid case numbers but their hospitals are now coming under stress from their own residents.

On the 6th Jan 2021 scientists revealed they had conducted tests on residents of Brentwood and Basildon, the results of their tests found 1 in 18 people didn't show any symptoms but were infected with Covid.
1 in 18, just think about it, they didn't know they had got it.
You could be shopping for food and be near them, they don't know that they can kill you, going about their daily lives, working or shopping.
If you faced someone welding a knife when shopping and they stabbed you, your killer might face justice, you could die a quick death.
With Covid 19 you could die days or weeks later, never knowing who killed you.
WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES, Save someone's life, it could be yours.
Remember back in March 2020 when our scientists told us not to bother wearing a mask, while the millions of people in Asia wore masks as a normal event when facing a viral infection.
Their economies are thriving now, whilst we still struggle to open ours.

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It came as a bit of a revelation to me that scientists and politicians knew about a new more active strain of Covid 19 back in September/ November 2020, but Boris Johnson still continued to tell the population to make plans for Christmas 2020.
20th December the whole of the South East of England went into tier 4 effectively canceling Christmas celebrations.

05/01/2021 tier 4 wasn't working with the new strain, so the whole of the country went into full lock down,eventually closing all junior and secondary schools and colleges .

If the Covid 19 results were a football league Harlow was facing relegation in October 2021, Harlow climbed to fifth place, then was overtaken by other towns dropping back to tenth, now in 2022 Harlow is top of the league.