Given the very high level indeed of vaccine take-up in the older age groups, I doubt that it will cause any systemic issues. If it does result in a small number of additional serious illnesses, among… (View Post)

At a guess, I'd say that the median age of the adult population is 50, or somewhere not very far short of it - so we're not very far away from that already. Anyway, I think by the time we g… (View Post)

I'm going to be sticking to my current routines until I've had the jab, but mostly because I've dodged the bullet for a year now, I'm in my mid-40s and feel at non-negligible risk… (View Post)

Mark Drakeford was making a spur-of-the-moment response to a question. Whether this is an idiocy that he already regrets or reveals a worrying streak of extreme authoritarianism is unclear. Given tha… (View Post)

@Cyclefree is correct. In most instances it is neither possible nor desirable to completely eliminate risk. If we wished, for example, to eliminate the risk to children of being run over and killed b… (View Post)