The less good news is that things like diabetes and being overweight count as health conditions under their metric. (In slightly better news, it has incentivised me to lose 6 lbs so far during lockdo… (View Post)

We’ve never really looked hard and for a long time for a vaccine for a human coronavirus. After all, of the 200+ viruses under the category “the common cold”, only about 3 or 4 of them are coronaviru… (View Post)

Problem is that Hitchens and Co aren't "asking awkward questions." They're consistently misrepresenting stats and issues. Taking graphs that don't yet show deaths and asking … (View Post)

With all that said, we may be able to have a less stringent lockdown going forwards. If the death rate has peaked on the 8th-9th of April (which is still provisional, but looking slightly firm by now… (View Post)

Poor conclusion. Look at the curves and the start of decrease comes in exactly when it should - 5-7 days after lockdown. They take a single high score on 10th of March as being indicative of the peak… (View Post)