We could probably improve our test result times and tracing success rates by doing a lot less testing and tracing. That would win us some points with the critics, but it would almost certainly be the… (View Post)

You can't tell from that excerpt but you need to look at hospital admissions and the ONS surveillance testing as well. Test figures in isolation are very misleading, as are comparisons with prev… (View Post)

A new low for now. Lord knows what he'll get up to as election day approaches. (View Post)

I completely agree. Something politicians really need to consider is that COVID-19 is NOT the doomsday virus. Things could have been a lot worse. We need a much greater focus on public health. (View Post)

Yes, and that does mention the 100,000 a day that I keep banging on about which you can very simply estimate from deaths and the IFR, so it could even be higher still. I'm fairly confident that … (View Post)