Or an effective treatment, which is the other method. A number of pathogens are halted not by vaccine but by cure e.g. the penicillin mentioned by Mike. (View Post)

As a left-leaner I disagree. It's not 'a safe bet' that the result would have been that. It's massive speculation. The Conservatives won fair and square under Boris: a handsome victory. They are in c… (View Post)

Wow, pot kettle black. It's not the Conservative governments (sic) policy. It may have been presented as policy previously (contentious) but most certainly isn't now. Which was the point of the artic… (View Post)

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and ev… (View Post)

My biggest gripe with personal space are runners. They seem to come charging up far too close and, of course, panting volumes of breath into one's vicinity. (View Post)