Still that false dilemma. If the health service is fucked, the economy is fucked. All that the lockdown delays have ever done is slightly delay the economic damage while making both the health and ec… (View Post)

Even with less Draconian measures, near-zero Covid could still have been done by sticking with restrictions for longer, just as long as they were enough to keep R below 1. But no, we (and Europe) had… (View Post)

It doesn't matter how much we throw at vaccinations, they will not make a material difference for several weeks. Right now, sadly, it's still all about lockdown. It means it's crucial … (View Post)

Definitely Starkey, who presumably got the gig for this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53308061 (View Post)

Although if it was that deadly, lockdown compliance shouldn't be much of a problem anymore, and the virus might thereby end up killing itself pretty quickly. The current variant is pretty well p… (View Post)