The main rise in is the unvaccinated young. The secondary (far lesser) rise is in those of parental age to the unvaccinated young. Even though those immediately older (mid-fifties to mid-seventies) w… (View Post)

Actually, they look pretty good at suppressing transmission. Within the fully vaccinated group, transmission lines die out quite quickly - just not instantly. It's the unvaxxed that provide the engin… (View Post)

I notice that inside of 24 hours we've gone from "If his constituents dislike his behaviour, they will vote for his removal," to "Those who voted Tory [implicitly including Paterson's … (View Post)

We also need to take a long hard look at the "running a tight ship" aspects of the NHS. Yes, it's more efficient to run as close to 100% utilisation as possible, but this leaves minimal fle… (View Post)

I think they were repelled by the concept of deliberately choosing mass infection, mass hospitalisation, and mass deaths. As it was, we nearly blew out the hospitals even with lockdowns. Going for a … (View Post)