Why compare Sweden with us? Sweden is a Nordic country, with a similar climate, population density, level of single-occupancy of homes, and culture to its immediate neighbours. I wouldn't compare it … (View Post)

Is that the reason for cutting funding to the justice system? Why do we need courts and judges and sentencing if we should "judge not?" "Defund the courts," I guess. Interesting a… (View Post)

True. It's a balance of risks thing. For me, the need for anything like this runs: 1 - Is the loading on the hospitals excessive (noting that this is a moving feast - with post-outbreak hangover/scar… (View Post)

Sometimes hard to track with confounding factors. You'd want to separate the population into mask-wearing and non-mask-wearing sections with otherwise similar NPIs. As it happens, they did this in Ok… (View Post)

On masks: I, too, hate wearing them. They occasionally even spark off an incipient panic attack - that "I can't breathe." I've been twitchy about anything restricting my ability to breathe … (View Post)