Do you think New Zealand are going to isolate to the extent they are now long term? I doubt it (although insert joke about isolation being the norm there anyway for decades). They'll thank their… (View Post)

Sling a few cheap blankets about the place and they'll be packed in April if the weather is alright. Give people a hot water bottle - the punters will see it as a fun novelty. Pensioners may not… (View Post)

Isn't Johnson just more polarising on "likeability"? Quite a lot of people think Johnson is "hilarious" and "refreshing". Quite a lot of people think he's an a… (View Post)

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)