More importantly, the relevant government. Wherever the reality lies on the "totally natural" to "totally engineered" spectrum, the key thing is that the Chinese government could … (View Post)

See also: carbon dioxide emissions. As long as humanity is pumping CO₂ into the atmosphere faster than the ecosystem can assimilate it, we have a problem. But there is a massive difference between do… (View Post)

Any shock jock has the same problem- how do you keep shocking? Take The Rudest Man In Britain. He started being rude about an Archdeacon, which is a pretty safe target; besides - the relevant Archdea… (View Post)

Next time is likely to be different, with the key message being to get the MRNA labs making billions of doses ASAP. As for the broader lessons- 1 Don't elect a nitwit as PM, even if they are amusing.… (View Post)

Trouble is that the duration of the lockdowns was directly related to how hot you were prepared to run the phases between the lockdowns. The more you are prepared to tolerate lesser restrictions duri… (View Post)