That's complete nonsense from Kier. Every time I do an LFT as well as the time it takes to do, and then log the result, there is a 30 minute wait for it to work. Does he even know what the testi… (View Post)

I'm too hot and tired to ponder the numbers, but all those pauses and restrictions on the use of vaccines back in the spring are looking like particularly stupid decisions now. (View Post)

AZ is the cheapest, easiest to use, more or less as effective as the other excellent vaccines, and may well give the most enduring immunity (according to that paper in Nature last week), but because … (View Post)

Half the point, maybe more, of vaccine passports is to make the vaccine reluctant think "I'd better get a vaccine". In a way the scheme works best if it's not needed. Hell if the … (View Post)

The Imperial College report which drove the initial response specifically warns about the risk of prematurely using lockdowns. For mitigation you have to start the lockdown based upon when you think … (View Post)