What we do , where we did it ....

Figures are courtesy of Google . They will be issuing loads of data, with  different countries to show how we are responding to the virus.
Data are for UK...
  • retail and recreation sites were 85% down. Well mostly shut , so 85% seems a bit low almost......
  • grocery and pharmacies were 46% down.  Interesting , it would appear that maybe we are going for bigger shopping trips or combining , especially if you compare that with the reports of supermarkets running out of stock ?
  • parks were 52% down.  A low reduction and maybe why HMG was concerned about people going out when the weather got warm the other weekend ? 
  • transit stations were 75% down. well , no work and no play makes for empty buses ? 
  • workplaces were 55% down. See above . So 45% of us still working then ? 
  • places of residence were 15% higher. Yeah , well , people social distancing at a distance of maybe 1 seat on a sofa, or a sheet thickness on a bed , or ..... It's got to be wrong and figure HMG will read the Google report ...... Guess what's coming ? 

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