I have a long-time friend from school days who, by objective measures (average A-levels, philosophy graduate from low-tier uni, academic but rather hum-drum job) isn't stupid. However, he has al… (View Post)

Fair enough. To be honest, my doubts about EOTHO were more based on its potential for spreading infection than its cost. It seemed crazy that we were prepared to take the drastic measure of closing s… (View Post)

I think furlough was probably still worth doing even though it was obvious at the time that there was massive scope for fraud. I have, and had at the time, grave doubts about the wisdom of EOTHO. (View Post)

Yes, I'd had similar thoughts and am very unsure about the wisdom of an outright ban. But we should at least learn something from it, and that will hopefully help us in the development of policy… (View Post)

Whatever the rights and wrongs of this, it's a fascinating experiment, and it should provide some valuable data on the extent to which social media contributes to the various mental issues that … (View Post)