Deleted, but since my comment is now stuck here, I will just say that I'm quite enjoying IanB2's precis of the lockdown debate, since actually watching it is likely to raise my blood pressure to inco… (View Post)

Yes. Vaccinations benefit wider society more than the individual being vaccinated. The more people have the vaccine, the safer everyone is, regardless of how old they are. The vaccine isn't 100% effe… (View Post)

I'm confused. Why does Germany have a vaccine committee? Is this shorthand for the EMA, or does each EU country have to sign off separately? (View Post)

Well, that poster's now presumably going to be seen by more people than if it hadn't been a "massive own goal". What is the logic here? Feminists, incensed by the stereotyping, were going t… (View Post)

God help me but I finally agree with you on something. It's largely academic: no UK PM could possibly sanction delaying our vaccine rollout to help the EU, and we'd be unlikely to have enough spare c… (View Post)