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COVID19 Summary #1 – Is the UK an outlier internationally?

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The COVID19 pandemic is not yet over but with vaccinations starting to ramp up worldwide, an end may be in sight.  At that point, an in-depth comparison of countries is likely to take place.  To get ahead of that debate with the respect to the UK, I have been comparing the UK’s COVID19 statistics with a number of countries to see how much of an outlier the UK has been.

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UK Weather Tracker #51 – April 2021

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Where do I start with the most abnormal April on record!?  Believe or not after the sunniest April on record for the UK in 2020, 2021 bear even that but it didn’t stop there.  April 2021 was also the frostiest on record by a long way, lowest ever rain intensity, 3rd highest daily temperature range and the 4th driest on record.  You’ll never top that says April 2021!
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COVID19 Cases #2 – Is the UK an outlier internationally?

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An unfortunate side effect of COVID19 has been ugly political debates over the best way to tackle the pandemic.  Often politicians will claim because country X does this, the UK should be doing it as well.  I decided it was time to do a proper comparison of the UK with other countries to see what extent the UK is an outlier and whether there are some countries we should be using as templates.

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