If we have restrictions, it will inevitably slow down the economy in certain sectors (primarily the hospitality sector). In that case, we can get targeted support to them. If we ignore it, then we se… (View Post)

We were assured that the problem with the stats we were presented with was that the false positive rate had to be at least 0.8%. Assured repeatedly. And that, no, lower prevalence did not result in l… (View Post)

Very important point. My brother-in-law arrived from India a few weeks back. After his two weeks quarantine, he moved in with us. He finds our definition of "lockdown" laughable. He was con… (View Post)

The "We have to live with it and build herd immunity" crowd - have they actually gone through the numbers? If around 10% of the UK have had it and got sustained immunity (not guaranteed; it… (View Post)

"We should follow Sweden." I wonder if the people saying that have any idea what that means other than something-something-less-restrictions, right? After all, they never specify what restr… (View Post)