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Even the travel sector where we seem to be positioned has started positive today.

A day to get on with other projects and zero further reply to under-researched trolls.

Population of the US:
circa 331, 138,247
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/

Population of the UK
circa 67,081,000
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates

So the UK is about 1/5th of the US in terms of population.

UK Infection rate yesterday 21,691
US Infection rate yesterday 85,000 (Source Lh - after several days of falls)

So per population the US daily infection rate translates to lower than ours, and we continue to fall.

Cases rise, cases fall, what would be of concern would be exponential rises. Not seeing it.

Ever thought of doing stand-up LH?

85k cases in a population 5x that of the UK.
Translates to less than the UK's infection rate yesterday.
Seems to be stalling on that doubling every 10 to 11 days.
What a complete bozo.

Thanks for highlighting the same small trader. More obfuscation and excuses from our resident statistical bozo. Couldn't read a download chart imho.

UK wise nice to see a noticeable decline of about 200 starting to show now in hospitalisations tonight which is reflective of the falling infection rates.

Caught an early evening showing of The Suicide Squad tonight with another family member. More in the cinema than I thought there would be for a weekday early evening showing. A fair few I reckon were walk-ins as opposed to online bookings. Interesting mix of characters in the cast of the film and I thought it was a good watch. Would have changed Project Starfish to something a bit more monstrous though. Kept looking for a cameo off Sylvestor Stallone but it transpires he was the voice behind "King Shark".

Seems to be trending up today behind BP's rise.

Oil price still being about $73 per barrels doesn't justify recent falls.

Yes good to see things rebounding.

Ahead of 6th August opening in the US.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9854603/Rita-Ora-Taika-Waititi-hand-hand-make-red-carpet-debut-Suicide-Squad-premiere.html

Off to see it tonight and looking forward to it

No embarassment at all LHall in pointing out that 2 days of falls (weekend or not) is not a rise.

Only one person embarassed themselves.

Do check the numbers before you post in future.

LHall, qualifications are not required to observe that if someone comes on a bulletin board and states that US cases are rising, when for the last 2 days they have actually fallen then they are wrong. As it happens I am both degree and postgraduate educated and statistics were elements of both, but like I say, not required here

If tomorrow is an 80k or 90k as you suggest then that will be a fall on last weeks rises (even with the weekend taken out) and contrary to the exponential rises some have speculated on with the D variant. (supposedly doubling every 10 to 11 days)

Lets see where things go over the next few days but the noticeable dip in numbers this weekend interested me, weekend or not, just as it did in the UK when the numbers dipped directly prior to the 12th July Freedom Day announcement.

Best not to criticse the Daily Mail for it's 10 days of successive falls article when it looks like you have tried to use the same logic, to try and obfuscate the fact you missed US numbers falling.

Yes America is seeking to increase its vaccination rate, and is doing the right things but also remember that it has not been prone to the same UK full lockdowns and there must also be a high levels of antibodies out there and existing in American Society.

Greece offering €150 and phone data as a nudge is probably pushing the right buttons at convincing the younger generation to get jabbed.

Nothing wrong with giving people a little incentivised "nudge" to get vaccinated. In the Uk the press seem to be calling it “Jabs for kebabs” and with pizzas and Uber rides are also up for grabs and with cinema chains reportedly also in negotiations for a widening of incentives.

Good to see also that the US are embracing and imho going that extra bit and being that little bit more creative.

In come the Influencers and Biden $100 dollar incentive. Some have even been adding American football tickets on top and even entry to $50K price draws have been up for grabs.

Influencers including No 1 artiste Olivia Rodrigo engaged. (definitely imho the best way to communicate with the younger generation to whom social media and their phones is a way of life)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/technology/vaccine-lies-influencer-army.html

New Yorkers Incentivised by $100 + free tickets
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/30/us/nyc-100-vaccine-incentive-coronavirus/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/nyregion/new-york-city-vaccine-100-offer.html

California – Entry into $50k prize draws.
https://www.10news.com/news/coronavirus/15-more-50k-winners-to-be-selected-in-california-vaccine-incentive-program-drawing

It'll be interesting to see if Regal gets itself involved at some point.

If it gets more citizens to get 1st and 2nd jabbed and with less infections, hospitalisations and deaths then that can only be a good thing moving forward.

Firstly LHall the infection rates are not still rising if they fell two consecutive days. You said they were rising - but that is not the case, weekend or not. Like has also been said on here many times the press everywhere will pick up on the rises but are slow if not devoid of acknowledging falls. Or if there are falls then it's down to the weekend, or a blip in the data, or it's too early to call. Etc etc. Just an acknowedgement that you were a couple of days behind will suffice.

Also what makes you think that the US is a couple of weeks behind us with the D variant. They haven't really had lockdowns as such and went to 100% capacity in many states well prior to us.

I wouldn't personally call it yet, but the big drop over the weekend might be the start of a turning point. Maybe a day or two more to see if the trend continues.

In any case nothing wrong with Project Fear of a US variety in the media persuading the unvaccinated US citizens to get the jab.

hover over the graphs.

Don't forget though that being UK listed Cineworld will probably react more to Uk events than elsewhere. Been commented on many times on here.

LHall your post may have been correct last week with new cases going up in the US but in the last two days they have fallen sharply to only 29,692 (30th July) and 23,139 (1 August).

Now that is just higher than the UK's new infection rate for a country the size of America. Population of 328.2 Million and circa 5 times that of the UK.

You can find the data readily on the New York Times or via other sources and can hover over the

And deaths.

Both noticeable drops - AGAIN!!
Deaths very noticeable!!

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

More media picking up on this now.

It has to be a good thing if it gives the younger generation the nudge to get both jabs and if it is Government funded and it brings in extra custom for cinemas.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9850193/Coffee-cinema-tickets-new-incentives-beat-Covid-vaccine-hesitancy-youngsters.html

16% uptick according to this one and kept its ship together.

https://deadline.com/2021/08/dwayne-johnson-jungle-cruise-weekend-box-office-disney-black-widow-1234806607/

I don't know if anyone told you Tom but we can all do our own research on these things. variety, Deadline and many others. Might save you trawling for anything with negative connotations and spamming the board.

Aware of that one and it's really tame. Was angling at a more exciting JC and Animal Kingdom the better place.

Cinemas apparently now involved in the talks as well.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/31/shopping-vouchers-pizza-discounts-boost-vaccinations-among-young/

The negative cost of Jungle Cruise including advertising etc seems to be nearer to $362 Million than $500M Tom.

Godzilla versus Kong for comparison had an opening weekend was $$31,625,971, so less than Jungle Cruise, and yet it went on to gross $465,763,133.

If Jungle Cruise goes on to generate the same worldwide gross or more then sorry to disagree with you but that won't be a disaster at all. In any case the talk is that Disney will probably look to further monetise this as a Theme Park ride (and Disney's Animal Kingdom would be the most obvious park).

Jungle Cruise - Negative Cost figure
***Also note North American Box Office is UP - 9% on last week from all films***

https://deadline.com/2021/08/dwayne-johnson-jungle-cruise-weekend-box-office-disney-black-widow-1234806607/

Godzilla V Kong Box Office.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1383892481/

Have a good evening.