This is exactly why I expect governments to target universities (who may have greater leverage than the government does as rule-enforcers, though this only covers a minority of young'uns), venues tha… (View Post)
The ONS data show that we had substantially reduced the prevalence of the virus by the end of lockdown. Regrading the restrictions "correctly" at that point - i.e. the Goldilocks moment whe… (View Post)
I don't know if this has been shared here before, but it's glorious: https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/c2021zw9 Children's show on Belarus state TV 'trolls' Lukashenka An evening children's progra… (View Post)
In everyday life, we're used to a sliding scaling of risk, and corresponding sliding scale of precautions to manage those risks (though there's evidence people actually make many mistakes e.g. consis… (View Post)
I think this is a really good, thoughtful header. We have a lot of rules that are petty and unenforceable, variations in rules that are frankly unfollowable, and an evidence base for most of them whi… (View Post)