The counter argument looking at the ONS data sets by age group is that, even for Delta and Delta Plus, for the over-25s we are already at well above herd immunity levels of vaccine/acquired immunity … (View Post)

Old people overwhelmingly support young people paying for their care!!! Who'd'a'thunk??? (View Post)

What's a non-portable phone? (View Post)

There are tons of factors. Jared Diamonds book Guns, Germs, and Steel has the concept that as human population density increases, so the type of disease we are afflicted by evolves. So in sparse popu… (View Post)

The virus is with us for ever. The question is not eradication, but how we live with it. Vaccination is clearly key, but there are many other factors - and perhaps a need to reset expectations (View Post)