It’s essential to continue support to the hospitality sector at least. Otherwise the economic damage there will be staggering. We can’t let the virus rip anywhere - it would affect everyone (personal… (View Post)

Haven't you got that information? You've been claiming that the risk is negligible for a while; surely this is based on something? Anyway, it doesn't seem to be readily shown by the NH… (View Post)

Although the skydiving tangent (and apologies for that) does actually bring up a factor supporting that our assessment of risk is a bit skew-whiff. People sometimes think I'm an adrenaline junki… (View Post)

Yes, but the death toll from TB in England is on the close order of 200 per year, and a vaccine is not only available but in widespread use. If the Covid-19 death toll was similar and a vaccine was a… (View Post)

Oh, there were all sorts of lines that went around. “What do we do if both the main and reserve fail?” —— “Take your time over sorting them out. You’ve got the rest of your life to fix them.” Or “Gra… (View Post)