We possibly overplay the "doesn't stop transmission" aspect - possibly due to binary thinking. Given that Omicron has an R0 somewhere over 15, if there was no reduction [NB - "reductio… (View Post)

I may be clutching at straws, but looking at the accompanying data (including the age breakdowns) and at the hospitalisation figures, I think there's a decent chance that we're close to the worst of … (View Post)

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What, the ONS? Seriously? The ONS survey has been running for two years now, and is the gold standard for surveillance. The people in the ONS had and have nothing to do with decision-making for restr… (View Post)

Bad enough. Looking at a country where vaccine hesitancy was considerably greater than here: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/covid-was-the-leading-cause-of-death-in-americans-aged-45-54-in-20… (View Post)