So? If you had something that doubled, trebled, quadrupled, or quintupled the death rate at every age, the average age of death wouldn't change, would it? Still doesn't mean it's not a problem. And t… (View Post)

Anyway, with apologies for posting so much (I've had quite a few thoughts on this - probably fuelled by the fact that lockdowns with a severely autistic child are really not much fun at all and you'r… (View Post)

They had an influenza pandemic plan, which they tried to follow at first, but it turned out that covid spread faster, differently, and with a pronounced pre-symptomatic period, so a plan for dealing … (View Post)

Absolutely agreed. In essence, the Nordic group of countries diverged from others, so we can learn from their baseline. Biggest takeaways seem to be: - Smaller average household size (the hardest tra… (View Post)

Exactly, with both. Pretty much the only way to have it on individual responsibility would be to somehow criminalise the effects of poor individual choices on others. As it's impossible to go: "… (View Post)