It also doesn't help that the route up to the peak is very fast and the route down the other side (from Spain and Italy) looks very slow. (View Post)

Wrong. Do it too soon and you end up spending more and scarring the economy as the disruption ends up lasting longer. (View Post)

As an example: before the lockdown, our hospitalisation rate (and death rate) were more or less doubling every three days. Say we increase NHS capacity so that it has four times as much capacity as n… (View Post)

It's not like they've got many good choices, though. We're in the middle of a natural catastrophe. It's a surreal one, because for the majority it is, at the moment, a cozy, comfo… (View Post)

The fact that the only time it happened required the person in question to raise an army, invade, and defeat the reigning monarch on a field of battle is irrelevant in your eyes? (View Post)