The current Scottish 7 day average, confirmed covid-19 death rate, is 3, less than 1 per million. A week ago it was 4. The week before that it was 6, 1 per million. The 7 day average for the USA is currently 609: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/united-states?country=~USA#what-is-the-daily-number-of-confirmed-deaths The population of the USA is 328.2 million or 60 times that of Scotland (5.45 million). The current US death rate is 200 times higher or per capita, 3.33 times higher. Now the Herald’s McArdle wants to keep digging up the past but all that does is reinforce the fact that all of those early deaths … Continue reading Three months after divergence from the 4 Nations deadly straight-jacket the Scottish Government has pushed the CURRENT death rate down to less than one-third of ‘Trump’s US’

In a survey by YouGov published on 23rd June , 24% answered ‘yes’ to this question: In your career in the healthcare sector, have you ever experienced or witnessed behaviour from patients towards medical professionals that you consider to be sexual harassment – i.e. inappropriate comments or unwanted touching? Yes, I have experienced this behaviour personally. In Scotland, the figure was 18%, significantly lower than all of the other areas except Northern Ireland (13%). The figure for the North of England was 30%, for London it was 27% and for Wales it was 26%. For all of the other areas … Continue reading Scottish health workers less likely to experience sexual harassment from patients

On February 12th 2019, I wrote: Here’s my complaint on 24th January: ‘In a report on deaths at the QEU Hospital, Jackie Bird said: ‘[T]he deaths of two patients from a rare fungal infection.’ This is inaccurate. We knew from the BBC website the same day: ‘The health board said one of the patients was elderly and had died from ‘an unrelated cause’. The factors contributing to the death of the other patient are being investigated.’  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-46953707  So in neither case did the patient die ‘from’ a rare fungal infection. One clearly died from ‘an unrelated cause’ and the other’s death was still being … Continue reading Will BBC Scotland tonight mention their apology for Jackie Bird’s pigeon lie which the editor said she had warned her about?

On 24th January 2019, I wrote to BBC Complaints saying: ‘With regard to deaths at the QEU Hospital in Glasgow, Lisa Summers said: ‘It became clear that two patients had died as a result of this particular infection.’ This is patently untrue. In one case, the patient absolutely did not die as ‘a result of’ the infection’ but because of ‘an unrelated cause’. In the other case it was as, Lisa put it later ‘contributory’. The infection was found in the blood stream of the second patient but clearly this death was also not ‘as a result of’ the infection.’ On 11th February after apologies for delay, … Continue reading Superhospital pigeons: Will BBC Scotland repeat the same lies again that they apologised for last year?

As the Scottish Government’s reputation soars, BBC Scotland and the opposition parties are using the forthcoming inspection into the New Southern General’s water supply infection not caused by pigeons and the deaths of 3 or 4 babies and toddlers not caused by the infection to mount a campaign. Expect to see distraught mothers who have been groomed by opportunistic politicians and lawyers, condemn the work of independent investigators as a cover-up and see their words and faces lingered over by interviewers drooling with fake compassion and cameras of the highest quality right in tight. I haven’t and will not watch … Continue reading For your own good do not watch tonight’s BBC Scotland faked hospital death festival with pigeons but read the editor’s apologies from last year

Joyous Billy Cumberland (16) has won his dream move from the Herald to the Daily Mail after capturing the image of the First Minister listening to Jackson Carlaw or Richard Leonard, today in Holyrood. The report, once more suggests that highly trained professionals kept sick residents in care homes rather than transfer them to hospitals because Scottish Government advice recommended that it not be done. The recommendation, written by medics, was to protect the vulnerable residents from the traumatic experience of transfer and invasive testing. The Herald report, by Tom Gordon, does not remind us of the care home’s responsibility … Continue reading Herald picture editor wins move to Daily Mail

In a poll of 165 adult Scots (18+) on 18-19 June when asked: What level of trust or distrust would you say you had in the information on coronavirus provided by the following individuals? Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland: These groups trusted her: 69% overall against only 20% 42% of Conservatives 56% of Labour 78% of Lib Dems 83% of SNP (only?) 77% of Conservative Remainers https://www.opinium.co.uk/public-opinion-on-coronavirus-18th-june/ Respondents were not asked about Richard Leonard or Jackson Carlaw but they were on 6% and 8% respectively in February. Continue reading Massive cross-party support for Scotland’s lockdown exit strategy

Readers are invited to suggest headlines. Continue reading The Tusker helps BBC to finish-off its headlines and better inform the public

Under that strange choice of photograph, the New Scientist reported: The number of excess deaths in the UK since mid-March now stands at 65,700, according to an analysis of data from the Office of National Statistics by the Financial Times. Excess deaths are a calculation of how many more deaths have occurred than would normally be expected, and include deaths from any cause. The official figures remain at 42,927: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/ Using the ONS/FT figures, Scotland’s excess deaths would be a twelfth or around 5 500. BBC Scotland using NRS data on the 17th June put the figure at 4 878. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-52214177 More important, … Continue reading The UK’s excess deaths soar to 65 700, shielding English and concealing lower Scottish figures since divergence

Taking advantage of their personal connections, forged in the Young Conservatives theatre group (above-right), Jackson Carlaw has gained access to the ‘evidence’ used by the PM to reduce the 2 metre rule to 1 metre, with a face mask but not in a pub (above-right). Many of us have wondered why, given that Great Britain is the most successful union in the world, Carlaw has not previously been able to use his connections to get access to the PM’s secret stash of evidence. The Tusker can reveal that two peer-reviewed studies are key to the PM’s decision: A mathematical modelling … Continue reading Carlaw bypasses Sturgeon to get special access to Johnson’s ‘science’ on the 1 metre risk factor