Today's Covid stats: Cases up 67% week-on-week Hospital patient count up 24% (caveat: last updated on the 29th) Deaths down 2% 1st doses: 86.0% of adults 2nd doses: 63.8% The rate of first doses show… (View Post)

Does this necessarily help in the long run, though? Consider: we've reached the point as a society where we consider the costs of restrictions to outweigh the benefits - and are perfectly willing to … (View Post)

Absolute scenes from the pubs of England on tonight's news. Little or no remaining pretence of Covid theatre. (View Post)

One imagines that there are a lot of other people in their position: the rules are a total pain in the arse but (a) they're fed up of waiting and (b) if they postpone again they're running into a fli… (View Post)

Hang on. 1. Are they all seated in socially-distanced groups of no more than six persons or two households? 2. Why are the ones who have got up from their tables not wearing their masks? Tsk tsk... (View Post)