Data confirms the anecdotes that people are ill in hospital for less time: https://twitter.com/JamesWard73/status/1402027574214156290 Down from 10 days to 7.5 days (and deaths are lower proportionall… (View Post)

I think County-based Open List would probably keep quite a lot of people happy across the political spectrum. I know I'd be happy with it. (View Post)

Yeah. Start with something like counties and adjust the number of MPs per county as populations vary (you could even go for ceremonial counties to keep traditionalists happy). Have some proportional … (View Post)

A couple of potential straws: - The increase in numbers overall is primarily in the NW and East; and the increase in mechanical ventilation numbers is almost entirely there. Implying it’s primarily t… (View Post)

They’re up. That cases surge looks to have started about 20 days ago. So hospitalisations should be about 10 days lagged. 10 days ago, we were at 743 in hospital in England; this morning we were at 8… (View Post)