Remember, deaths within 28 days is going to be an increasingly flawed metric if we have, as we do, high cases but reasonably low hospitalisations in comparison to previous waves. More people will die… (View Post)

I'm guilty of mis-repeating something I read on the Internet. The event was not an Olympic event, I think is the point. (View Post)

1854 is the Crimean War, which would an interesting starting point, given its status as a not hugely satisfying victory for Britain (View Post)

Figures today suggest that the furlough scheme is now the smallest it has been since, effectively, its introduction. (This still amounts to 1.2m people though but steadily declining.) (View Post)

8 lbs is a lot Big-G. Hopefully the rest is at a more sustainable pace? (View Post)