One thing that has skewed the view of a lot of people is testing. Because Europe does a lot of testing we hear about record cases, and Europe also does a good job of reporting covid related deaths. S… (View Post)

On excess deaths the UK is a bit behind Spain, Portugal, and Italy. On a par with places like Austria, the Netherlands, and Belgium. We're are a bit ahead of France and Germany. The UK did very … (View Post)

Yes, and the point made up-thread about MPs thinking "that's how it has always been done" will not wash with the public if more examples come to light. If you hate Boris now think how … (View Post)

I love the way OneWeb has gone from a bad investment when the UK government bailed them out, to a good investment once other companies and countries jumped in but also now no longer anything to do wi… (View Post)

Delta is about 5.0 R0, around 60% higher than Wuhan which was around 3.0, Omicron is maybe double again to as high as 10.0. Which makes it one of the highest basic reproduction rates going, around 13… (View Post)