Why have it? Pensioners vote. In a greater proportion than the young. Politicians give those who vote in greater proportion more goodies. The rest is largely rationalisation. (View Post)

One positive thought on superspreaders and risk: - We know that some people spread the virus far more than others. R is famously an average; the superspreaders drive it up. It's not that mysteri… (View Post)

I’m confused. Isn’t Hitchens all insistent on freedom? So why is he railing against the freedom to shop on whatever day you like and the freedom to sell things on whatever day you like? It almost see… (View Post)

I have sympathy for both the scientists and the politicians. Science isn't about "knowing the answer." It's about a body of knowledge and method based around correcting for gettin… (View Post)

What do you categorise as "low risk of hospitalisation"? What sort of chance? And what chance do you give for prolonged illness or lasting effects? (View Post)