One care here: 75-85% of people with (some degree of) immunity does not equal 75-85% immunity. My rounded envelope numbers recently have been: 1/3 of the population have had COVID and carry full immu… (View Post)

7k Hospitalisations a day, assuming, with few new vaccinations, that the relationship between cases and Hospitalisations is now static, would mean over 200k detected cases a day. Given 50% detection,… (View Post)

That was brutal stuff. They've both turned up. What more can you ask for. (View Post)

I thought the idea of HS2, above anything more high minded, was to bring Birmingham firmly into the London commuter zone. (View Post)

On topic: if age is the main determinant of vote,then 50-64s, who would be getting clobbered by this, are the centre ground to fight over. And 50-64s are going to be a key swing vote in a lot of plac… (View Post)