Wasn't smallpox a very different proposition, though, due to being markedly less contagious but more lethal? (View Post)

I am not sure this question really means anything. The R is, by definition, the average number of people an infected person will infect. If a vaccine reduces transmission it will reduce R. Will it re… (View Post)

She effectively did just that already in 2010, with the added disadvantage of not actually being on the ballot! She's a shoo-in for 2022 with the ranked choice change too. Not very much Trump an… (View Post)

On topic, I have to say I'm cautious about putting too much weight on one approval poll. Looking at poll aggregators, the averages appear to be mid-50s approve, mid-30s disapprove. That's a… (View Post)

There are worse people than Liz Truss. But she is being fetishised somewhat at the moment by a certain type of Tory (and I don't particularly blame her for that). I ask myself the question... do… (View Post)