A few good exposés!-----The Week in Numbers

The Week in Numbers (to Mar 1st)

• 29% - The Security Agency is on high alert as norovirus cases continue to rise nationwide... 29% higher than the previous fortnight and more than double the 5-season average.

With their latest genetic tools in the bag, we’re told it is associated with the recently emerged GII.17 genotype. It's so reassuring that we have all this genotype testing to keep us safe and secure.

• £203 million - In May and June 2020, PPE Medpro was awarded two contracts worth £203m to supply face masks and sterile surgical gowns amidst the pandemic frenzy.

Next week, the - Covid gravy train - Inquiry is back up and running, and Lady Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman, will be giving evidence in secret. The Guardian reported that good old Doug pocketed ‘at least £65m from the profits of PPE Medpro, and had then transferred £29m into an offshore trust set up for the benefit of Mone and her three adult children.’...

• 73,000 - Now for the TTE’s Department of the Obvious report. 

A study involving over 73,000 individuals who used wearable devices to monitor their activity levels, presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 77th Annual Meeting, found that people who engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity are significantly less likely to develop dementia, stroke, anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders...