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Relating to the data Sammy5IsAlive posted here is an article from the Guardian about Newham, just South of where I live. It is the borough that hosted the Olympics in 2012, which were at Stratford, mostly.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/01/covid-19-coronavirus-newham-london-uk-worst-affected-area
While the coronavirus has spread widely across the UK, the pandemic has taken a huge toll on the area where Islam lives, the east London borough of Newham, which has recorded the worst mortality rate in England and Wales.
The borough’s rate – 144.3 deaths per 100,000 people – is closely followed by Brent in north London (141.5), and Newham’s neighbour Hackney (127.4), according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics. The data confirms what Islam has suspected all along: people living in the poorest parts of the country are dying from Covid-19 at a much higher rate than those in the richest.
Dr Zubaida Haque, deputy director of the Runnymede Trust, said areas like Newham show the discussion about PPE and testing needs to go much further than just the NHS. Key workers, from taxi drivers and care workers to grocery shop owners, who are disproportionately from a BAME background, also require protective equipment. “BAME key workers aren’t just NHS staff. We need to start asking whether they are getting proper PPE equipment. Are they being protected? Are they being tested? Is that infrastructure there?”
Peter Raison, a 58-year-old train driver for Transport for London who lives across the road from Islam, is also not surprised by the high level of mortality. Many like him on their street have to go to work and even he isn’t being provided with PPE. He is upset that there are people still failing to socially distance as the death tolls increase. “People are just assuming it’s not going to happen to me.”
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RE: OT: Corona virus - 
. They admit him and test again..positive. Mom calls for telehealth visit. Baby is fine but she is worried. The thing is SHE is starting to get sick with diarrhea, which is an unusual presenting symptom. I order the PCR test on her (which may be negative because she doesn't have respiratory symptoms yet) and give her instructions on "safe" care of the baby and food preparation. What can you do? The f****** thing is straight from Hell (via Wuhan Virology Laboratory). We develop a plan if she goes down. The niece and nephew (17 and 18..good kids I know them both) will come over from the grandparents house (who have chronic diseases)and stay to help. It's like sending reinforcements into the breach. Their are a bunch of younger nieces and nephews and Grandma's house. Happiest kids I have ever seen. It's like Little Luzon over the. 
It's the Porsche revolt of 2020.
. The 'knock on' effects are scary if you dwell on them. If mum and dad are both sick and the older teenagers are looking after them and the kids - who looks after Grandpa and Grandma? You start getting movements between households just because of necessity and before you know it the grandparents are sick with a far higher risk of passing away. 
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