Curiously the one hour limit wasn't actually law, but just something Gove had said that then got amplified by the media: http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR841058.aspx (View Post)

For the worst restrictions quite possibly. But it will be a slow climb back down the tiers as the R rate and the hospitalization rate decline. The R rate is still the more important because it acts e… (View Post)

Do not underestimate the power of exponential spread. A 70% reduction in hospitalisations per case is only worth a week and a half at R=2. (View Post)

Not yet. It is in schools now. (View Post)

R will still be critical. Do not forget that the vaccines only provide partial protection: around 70% according to the AZ trial, and similar is guesstimated for a single Pfizer shot. So if you let it… (View Post)