The related point is that a lot of these decisions are *political*, not strictly medical like whether you're prepared to clobber event organizers to save the lives of old people. They're ma… (View Post)

This is the infuriating thing. People *want* to do the right thing. But there are still a bunch of people out there who won't take it seriously until enough people have died to make it hard for … (View Post)

This is where the western take on what's happened in Asia has got all twisted. People are looking at the *Chinese* response, which was a complete lockdown in an authoritarian country, and thinki… (View Post)

I'm just linking to show the trends but the strategy was: - Ask people to work from home where practical - Ask people to cancel events where practical, run sporting events without spectators etc… (View Post)

The common factor of every country affected by this except China seems to be ignoring what they're watching happening in countries that are ahead of them. (View Post)