Articles in Author: Ben Clark

The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week is slightly lower than it was last week, but remains Very High. Around 1 in every 76 people in Bucks have Covid – this is also the rate for England as a whole.

As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 3 and 6 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.

Bucks and England appear to be in a “summer lull”, similar to 2022. Recent peaks (March and May) have boosted temporary immunity, and the hot weather is reducing indoor contact. However, Covid is still widespread in the population, and we are already seeing signs that the recent fall in infections is coming to an end. We are still confidently predicting that rates will again increase as we move into the late summer and autumn.

The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week remains about the same as it was last week. The risk is still Very High. Around 1 in every 71 people in Bucks have Covid – this is also the rate for England as a whole.

As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 4 and 6 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.

Bucks and England appear to be in a “summer lull”, similar to 2022. Recent peaks (March and May) have boosted temporary immunity, and the hot weather is reducing indoor contact. However, Covid is still widespread in the population, and we are confidently predicting that rates will again increase as we move into the autumn.

BuDS continues to recommend that disabled and clinically vulnerable people avoid indoor spaces unless they are wearing a filter mask (FFP2/3). For more advice on how to avoid catching Covid, use this link.

This data is based on the Zoe Health Study for Covid-19, adjusted to take account of its limited coverage. To learn more about this, use this link.

To understand more about our Covid risk levels and what they mean, use this link.

For more Covid information and help, please contact BuDS and we will be happy to help.

The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week remains about the same as it was last week. The risk is still Very High. Around 1 in every 65 people in Bucks have Covid – this is also the rate for England as a whole.

As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 4 and 6 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.

BuDS continues to recommend that disabled and clinically vulnerable people avoid indoor spaces unless they are wearing a filter mask (FFP2/3). For more advice on how to avoid catching Covid, use this link.

This data is based on the Zoe Health Study for Covid-19, adjusted to take account of its limited coverage. To learn more about this, use this link.

To understand more about our Covid risk levels and what they mean, use this link.

For more Covid information and help, please contact BuDS and we will be happy to help.

The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week has risen slightly. The risk is still Very High. Around 1 in every 62 people in Bucks have Covid.

As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 4 and 7 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.

As we predicted last week, the Covid risk appears to be rising again now that the school holidays are over. We cautiously expect this rise to continue for the near future.

BuDS continues to recommend that disabled and clinically vulnerable people avoid indoor spaces unless they are wearing a filter mask (FFP2/3). For more advice on how to avoid catching Covid, use this link.

This data is based on the Zoe Health Study for Covid-19, adjusted to take account of its limited coverage. To learn more about this, use this link.

To understand more about our Covid risk levels and what they mean, use this link.

For more Covid information and help, please contact BuDS and we will be happy to help.

The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week has fallen, but is still Very High. Around 1 in every 66 people in Bucks have Covid.

As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 4 and 6 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.

Covid infection rates historically fall during school holidays, so this is probably why the Covid risk has been lower in the last couple of weeks. People may have also been less likely to report symptoms to the Zoe study during the holidays. We are cautiously predicting that the Covid risk will rise again now that the school holidays are over.

BuDS continues to recommend that disabled and clinically vulnerable people avoid indoor spaces unless they are wearing a filter mask (FFP2/3). For more advice on how to avoid catching Covid, use this link.

This data is based on the Zoe Health Study for Covid-19, adjusted to take account of its limited coverage. To learn more about this, use this link.

To understand more about our Covid risk levels and what they mean, use this link.

For more Covid information and help, please contact BuDS and we will be happy to help.

The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week remains Extremely High. Around 1 in every 42 people in Bucks have Covid.

As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 6 and 10 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.

We think that we are now at the end of a small peak of Covid infections, but it is too early to say whether infections will go down or up in the next few weeks.

Looking back on last week, we think that we probably significantly underestimated the number of infections. We said that 1 in 40 people in Bucks had Covid, but the true figure was more likely to be around 1 in 29. Sadly, until the Government starts widespread testing again, it is much more difficult to estimate infection levels.

BuDS continues to recommend that disabled and clinically vulnerable people avoid indoor spaces unless they are wearing a filter mask (FFP2/3). For more advice on how to avoid catching Covid, use this link.

This data is based on the Zoe Health Study for Covid-19, adjusted to take account of its limited coverage. To learn more about this, use this link.

For more Covid information and help, please contact BuDS and we will be happy to help.