Taiwan and South Korea have much higher population densities than the UK, South Korea has 15% over 65, the UK 18%, not a huge difference there. And if you think about large numbers of people arriving… (View Post)

The day we ;passed 100,000 deaths is perhaps not the moment to hype up good news. Reflection on how we got here and the loss and grief that has been caused to so many families is more appropriate. (View Post)

100,000 dead. In 10 months. WW2 70,000 civilian dead. In six years. Tragic, and so many were avoidable. (View Post)

It will certainly be an unpleasant surprise, and very unusual medically, if the vaccine doesn't reduce the spread of infection. Other vaccines like polio or measles have greatly reduced the spread of… (View Post)

I must say I find the eagerness of some people to discuss how the UK might fall a few places further down the deaths league than country X (especially EU country X) rather distasteful. The fact is th… (View Post)