Thanks for this. That Politico article may be confusing infections with symptomatic cases. I'm trying to get a handle on whether or not an asymptomatic infection - which before widespread frequent te… (View Post)

FPT Russia (popn 146m): 17% >=1 vax, 12% "fully" vaxed, deaths per day w/C19, av for past week: 669 Ukraine (popn 43m): 5% >=1 vax 2% "fully" vaxed, deaths per day w/C19, av… (View Post)

If she's talking shit, it should be possible to debunk it by looking at her premises and logic. It's not as if she's a loony who says things like "the heart is not a pump". She didn't appoi… (View Post)

Agreed - just change a few small things and that could have happened too. Von Ribbentrop said he felt as if he were among his "party comrades" when he was in Moscow. As for Khrushchev he sa… (View Post)

It's not as bad as that. There's a formula. At R=20 the herd immunity threshold is "only" 95%. R of course depends on behaviour - as will soon become obvious to those to whom it isn't alrea… (View Post)