I suspect lifting restrictions for Easter was considered (hospitality would have loved it) but rejected for fear of turning it into a party weekend. None of the stages fall at Bank Holidays. Midsumme… (View Post)

A friend is doing some temporary work running LFT on kids for a school in Cornwall. Out of 1500 kids they have had no cases. (View Post)

Although it still uses the name Город-герой Сталинград (Hero City Stalingrad) on 9 dates every year that are connected with the battle. (View Post)

Knut is a norse name, originally a nickname meaning "knot", not sure why. It is etymologically linked to the Russian кнут, knout, knotted whip. (View Post)

Yup, all the lateral flow tests are doing is flushing out cases that were there all along, we just didn't know about them. The interesting thing is what happens next week. (View Post)