It's so irrational. Tiers can go down as well as up, so if any areas were to be fine by then they'd have their restrictions lifted anyway. (View Post)

Correct. He only had a fridge. (View Post)

Wales reintroducing restrictions with a whole week's notice. On a Friday. Inviting everyone to head to the pubs and "indoor entertainment venues" for the weekend. Painfully incompetent… (View Post)

The third possibility is that the 90% is a statistical fluke due to the low numbers involved. It could also be a combination of all three effects, i.e. half-full genuinely is a little bit better, but… (View Post)

That's a good succinct way of putting it. Also, in the end it means more economic damage rather than less, due to absence, health care costs, and having to apply measures for longer to get back … (View Post)