Here's a tutorial from Sky on why a more transmissible but less severe variant is bad news: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-omicron-may-be-more-infectious-but-do-we-need-to-worry-if-it-cause… (View Post)

Because it's the only subscription service that still charges you even if you don't watch it, so long as you watch any live programmes from other providers? (View Post)

Just when you think people can't get any crazier, they form a fan club for a new variant of a deadly virus that escapes immunity and spreads at record speed. Is there anything too stupid for peo… (View Post)

I agree it's very difficult to extrapolate from what's happening in Gauteng to the UK. And all the data from South Africa, including the data I posted for hospital admissions I posted, are … (View Post)

One interesting positive fact I had missed is that according to the Omicron round-up in Nature last night, there was a "real-world" evaluation of the efficacy of AstraZeneca against hospita… (View Post)