Well, no. The point is that such a graph would be equally deceptive. The colour scale has been specifically chosen to make the UK stand out rather than according to any objective criterion. And it on… (View Post)

Oh, come off it. I've see less deceptive Lib Dem bar charts. Using the same method of carefully choosing the scale and midpoint, one could equally produce a map of Covid deaths per capita in which th… (View Post)

Two factors spring to mind: 1) Our early approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine gave us a 3-week (or thereabouts) head start. 2) The centralised nature of the NHS is extremely well suited to vaccine… (View Post)

Also, easing of lockdown will be dependent on the number of cases rather than the proportion of people vaccinated. Obviously we'd expect the former to fall as the latter increases, but I think the le… (View Post)

Why has Israel been omitted? Or does the bizarre colour scale return to grey again for figures higher than the UK? (View Post)