Indeed. It's a brand new virus. Which means that there's always things about it we don't know. For example, it's only recently come to light that infection out-of-doors is conside… (View Post)

For the same reason that he'll join the icons of the "I don't want to be locked down" cheerleaders? Got to say, the explanation for the differences between Norway and Sweden that … (View Post)

Basically, if you've got the community infection rate low enough to start with, you can get away with relaxing it to 1m. But you've got to get it down to start with, and we're a bit be… (View Post)

I agree with that, as it happens. It would probably also have considerable positive mental health implications and release a lot of the distress at the lockdown/restrictions. Should be the next item … (View Post)

Well, yes. Their base R0 was lower than that here and in many other countries, thanks to their population distribution and social culture. As discussed at length here. So the initial ramp up was hard… (View Post)