It is possible that they have done human challenge trials, possibly on a large scale with hundreds or thousands of participants. If so, they could have a lot of data on the vaccine making it in a sen… (View Post)

I subscribe to The Times print edition, which means I have to buy the paper with paper vouchers. Not all newsagents accept them, and there can be occasional problems with the computers in supermarket… (View Post)

It looks to me as if the sudden focus on masks from Boris Johnson is a reaction to the publicity received earlier this week by the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak. It seems to be a political gambit rather th… (View Post)

I suspect that middle class home workers will in many cases be able to choose to continue working from home. However there will soon many more middle class unemployed people. Some of these will be wi… (View Post)

It is a psychological crisis, and this is quite independent of whether COVID cases happen to be rising or falling at the moment. People are just not used to the idea that everything that is familiar … (View Post)