The idea that the public would think a government can control a virus made me laugh into my evening honey and lemon..... (View Post)

The effects of a second lockdown on business confidence would be horrendous. Better to have a single, longer one, and an exit strategy based on e.g. phone app contact tracing, mass community testing,… (View Post)

I'm not wrong. Lots of people with few or no qualifications are suggesting they have expertise. (View Post)

Quite. It is AMAZING how successful this panic has been at creating armchair epidemiologists. I suspect none will be held accountable at the inquiry, afterwards, however... (View Post)

Oh, and as an addendum, I do hope one longer lasting impact of this crisis will be to encourage more healthy eating and a greater awareness of the obesity problem. I suspect that an individual countr… (View Post)