This kind of explains the different approaches in Europe and Asia. Generals always want to fight the last war. In Asia the experts are fighting SARS. In Europe they're fighting the WW1 flu pande… (View Post)

I guess the UK has a bit of a unique situation among developed countries of having an extremely shitty healthcare system that can barely cope with a normal winter, but everybody has to tiptoe around … (View Post)

So counting the ways this could kill Trump 1) People who would otherwise be on the Trump Train are unhappy with their friends and relatives dying, and find his explanations for why it's the faul… (View Post)

I hate to sound like a broken record but: The Japanese/South Korean model is also what's described here as the Chinese model (social distancing to reduce transmission) but it's less extreme… (View Post)

I'm repeating myself for about the billionth time here but Japan/SK seem to be succeeding at containment without a lockdown, and without serious disruption to the economy. If you succeed in redu… (View Post)