His original forecast was before dexamethasone was known to be a viable treatment. (View Post)

One thing that has been doing my head in for the last year or so is the number of people who think lab accidents are rare. A few minutes Googling can bring up huge lists of serious lab accidents all … (View Post)

I don't feel very strongly about it, because it looks just like greenwashing, which is another thing a lot of companies do. I expect this sort of cynical behaviour from businesses. It's blo… (View Post)

It's dead easy to put out some press releases, change your branding for a few weeks, and make some modest donations. Most companies can manage that, but not many will forego doing business with … (View Post)

Yes that is a misleading chart there. If deaths are the most important number, followed by hospitalisation, illness, then cases, the last thing we ought to care about is which strain is the most comm… (View Post)