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A study by the health authorities in the Östergötland region of south-eastern Sweden aims to answer the question. It covers 122 people who died outside a hospital setting – either at home or in accommodation for the elderly – and whose deaths were attributed to Covid-19. Half of this group were aged over 88. Of the 122, 111 were judged to have extensive comorbidities and 11 had moderate comorbitities. Not one of those who died, in other words, was in good health. In only 15 per cent of cases was Covid-19 judged to be the direct cause of death. In 70 per cent of cases Covid-19 was a contributory cause and in the remaining 15 per cent death was judged to have been caused by another underlying cause – most often heart disease.

If you ever fancy a change of scene there was a very agreeable circuit around Thetford of around 25 miles but without any major gradients. It was a long time ago so my memory might be awry but I think it involved cycling from the town (or the station) on the Mundford Road to Two Mile Bottom, then Santon Downham, Brandon, Elveden, Barnham, Euston, Rushford, Kilverston and Croxton and then downhill back into Thetford. All the villages are pleasant and with pubs (probably less so now) and shops if you fancy a break. In my mid 30's (sadly a long time ago) I enjoyed cycling and did this loop whenever I was back home and had remembered to bring my bike with me.

It might be reassuring to you that the conservative elites in the HoL are in the minority.

I've been told that he was on very high pay for a PL manager/coach. No idea how much more but .....

Glad to help FTW. Norman Lamb is one of life's good guys (even though he was a Lib Dem) and he's campaigned for mental health for a long time. I hope the campaign achieves all its goals.

Fabio Quagliarella anyone?

Thanks for the list but I think you have copied Jamal's d.o.b for Akin Famewo - I've got Akin's d.o.b as 9th Nov '98 (perhaps).

Captain W E Johns learned to fly in Thetford during the war - not many people know that.

In all seriousness, if the happy clappers are going to embrace the pant wetters that's not going to end well. And the fence sitters have no-one to blame but themselves. It's time we took a grip and blamed everything on the sins of of our past, unfortunate injuries and erratic sunspot activity coupled with Webber's inane recruitment policy.

I think we've worked out that Duda on loan was better than a buy. Drmic & Rupp seem cheap (frees?) but very dubious buys. McLean is a good Championship player as are Trybull, Leitner, Vrancic & Stiepermann but I'm not sure if they are Premiership players. Though I'd really like to see Marco at No 10 in the Championship. Not sure where Zimmermann, Klose and Hanley stand re the PL/EPL divide but age and infirmity probably means any PL pedigree is temporary and the next time we go up Hanley & Klose will be towards the end of their careers. If we sell the 'young upstarts' - Lewis, Aarons, Godfrey, Cantwell and Buendia that leaves us considerably short. Idah, Thompson, Sitti, McCallum & Mumba may fill the gaps that financial expediency necessitates. Seems like considerable change is required and I hope the early and young bets work out.

I got at least 10 pieces of scampi and bagfuls of chips

Does he offer more pieces of scampi?

Daniel Farke has made all the right noises over the break but tonight highlighted how short of talent our squad is compared to a club like Southampton who were promoted to the PL after us a few years ago. They benefited from owner's investment which we never had and have prospered since. That's not meant as criticism of the current ownership but simply to point up a meaningful difference. Farke is contracted to us for the next two seasons but it is hard to imagine that a good offer from Germany (especially) would not prove hard to resist. No doubt offers will come. It would be to his credit if he honoured his current contract and I hope he does. Last year's promotion was a blast and I hope he can deliver similar results next season in the Championship (I don't doubt that is where we will end up). It will be difficult to get on the treadmill again especially when better offers are available but I can't think of anyone better equipped.

Echoes of Fulham 2005

Well said MY. We can now watch Spurs stuff Man U and realise a semi-final place in the FA Cup is just a hop and a skip away.

Happily retired old boy, sorry.

Can we agree that until we become the 51st state, 'defence' is not spelt with an 's'.

'chasm in class' painful

For me, Hanley has been ineffective.

Surely he's free to do what he wants.

At least we have 8 games (plus the Cup game) to 'blood' some youngsters for next year.

Think we have

Hope all are well and ready for a 3-1 win tonight. Bournemouth to draw with Palace. Good luck everyone especially Hector & Lincsy.

Oh no we won't.

Marco Stiepermann - mainly for last year but also for his pleasure with the Man C result. I hope he has a chance to play in the remaining games.