Of course not. Because you've swallowed whole the nonsense that the government has put out in Cummings's defence. The upshot of all this is that people - or at least people like you - now b… (View Post)

I keep asking this. Even if people swallow the bizarre argument that the child was in some kind of imminent danger of harm and had to be taken to Durham, WHAT CONCEIVABLE JUSTIFICATION WAS THERE FOR … (View Post)

I think 1% is about right, given the data available. But these people talk as though a fatality rate of 1% would justify "going back to normal". If we went back to normal, with an R of abou… (View Post)

There's no mystery about any of this, is there? If R rises above 1, then there will be a second wave. And the only way it will stop growing is if either restrictions are imposed to take it back … (View Post)

Unfortunately, the witness who reported him seems to be based it on the misconception that he should have self-isolated for 14 days. (View Post)