There are reasons why pandemics rarely last more than a year or so, with the consequences of the virus becoming weaker over time. Because more and more of the population build up, if not immunity, th… (View Post)

Quite. It defies logic to say that a virus which, largely, does not cause serious illness in health people in younger age groups, should cause a serious health crisis just because those age groups ar… (View Post)

Whilst everyone is panicking about how a shortage of doses might lead to a "third wave" it is surely worth considering that if that third wave is almost entirely concentrated in the U50s th… (View Post)

Maybe we're about to stop using AZ for the U40s. That would evidently have a major impact on our short term ability to vaccinate everyone. (View Post)

“International travel may start again on 17th May, although the limiting factor is the risk of importing virus variants”. Meanwhile 1000s of people from abroad are coming in every day on tourist visa… (View Post)