That's the default response from far too many people. (View Post)

Journalists will do something similar to playing with those web-based nuclear bomb models where you can plug in London and a full-yield Tsar Bomba (100 MT) and conclude that everyone in the South Eas… (View Post)

Likewise I highly recommend not re-reading The Stand, it's not conducive to a good night's sleep. I picked it up at the end of January and have left it well alone since getting a couple of … (View Post)

Me too. The CMO basically said "it's ten times worse than the figures show". That's the exact opposite of what you would expect if they were under some political pressure to prese… (View Post)

Media innumeracy and scientific illiteracy is bad enough when they are discussing merely political and economic issues, with health issues it becomes genuinely dangerous. (View Post)