No, it doesn’t unless you assume a 100% effective vaccine. If you’re at 75% (which is the goal of the first stage checkpoints in most of the trials) then 25% of vulnerable people will potentially get… (View Post)

Well, flu isn't a novel virus. Significant numbers have some immunity from years of exposure to it, so your herd immunity threshold for flu is lower. That means you can get away with a 40% effec… (View Post)

That is genuinely uncanny. (View Post)

I had one refuse to repair anything in my flat. Including the grouting in the shower. After six months of reports the letting agent discovered it had rotted out the wall. Felt fucking good when I got… (View Post)

See Patel's slightly unhinged conference speech announcing nothing but that she doesn't like lefties today. The thing is, I don't think Brits are up for it really. You need two sides t… (View Post)