The political parties (Labour anyway) are expecting some movement on this, but frankly the pattern of Ministers always making decisions a few weeks after the last reasonable date seems likely to recu… (View Post)

Happy New Year all - let's hope that this one will be a bit *less* interesting. Thanks to Philip for the header - on the optimstic side, I think but who knows really? (View Post)

Donated - a small price for many hours of pleasure. Many will know that I'm a big fan of the Swiss political system and of their culture generally, but the current situation illustrates a proble… (View Post)

Do we have any idea whether x% effectiveness means (1) "x% of the population become immune with this vaccine, and can meet infected people all the time and never catch it" or (2) "ever… (View Post)

Interesting, thanks Cyclefree. Point 6 is already happening to some extent - hospitals diverting patients to other hospitals, though not yet at the stage of refusing treatment anywhere. I put up a wa… (View Post)