At the end of the first week in December, Covid infection rates in England (6.7 per 100K) continue to soar away from those in Scotland (5.1 per 100K).
Remember that those small differences per 100K translate into thousands fewer infected in Scotland, due to a more effective NHS and Government, and hundreds of thousands more infected in England due to, well of course, the Con Government.
Talking-up Scotland / Scottish media fact checking is like shooting fish in a barrel 
Ons has England 1.73% Scotland 1.68%. Not so different. There’s too little testing to rely on raw cases. Per 100k the ons percentages would equate to 1,730 v 1,680 cases not 6.7 v 4.5. Scot gov is doing little more than uk to cut the spread.
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England 1.73% Scotland 1.68%. Not so different?
Even if we take that figure, 0.05% is more than 25 000 in Scotland not infected and 250 000 extra infected in England
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What extra mitigations have SG applied?
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Clearer more consistent advice from a trusted government resulting in greater compliance alongside a better-staffed NHS.
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According to “travelling tabby”, that uses ONS numbers, new case numbers in England are 20% above Scottish level, i.e. 23160 to 1826
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Checking ons, England’s doing more tests which may explain the cases being higher.
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The ONS data are derived from its own survey which is designed to provide statistically valid, comparable results for the nations in the UK. Yes?
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Ons survey data should not be confused with case numbers. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/9december2022
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