It's clear the government tactic is to ride out until at least after half term and hope that lower rates in children and then lower onwards transmission from children to adults turns the tide. A… (View Post)

As of today 10.4m people are eligible for their boosters having had their second doses by 19/4. 3.8m would inject everyone second vaccinated by 29/3, so we are lagging by 3 weeks I'd say that ga… (View Post)

One thought I have is that we should have an independent public enquiries service and perhaps a general accidents investigation board, both able to initiate and sustain several enquiries / investigat… (View Post)

I think it's a diminishing threat. To go from a R=3 -> 4 variant raises herd immunity raises herd immunity bar by 8% To go from an R=6 -> 7 variant raises herd immunity bar by 2% And one i… (View Post)

Starmer shares a fair whiff of similarity with Dominic Raab, don't you think? A bit cubic in head and body, a bit square in manner, overly lawyery in tone. At least knows where Dover is, but he … (View Post)