Autocracies sometimes work ok before they become autocracies, ie a strong leader gets things done and has success, then it goes to their head, they get to thinking they should hold power indefinitely… (View Post)

It is appalling. There was sequential coverage the other day on the news of the Myanmar earthquake followed by the latest Israeli atrocity in Gaza. The scenes were similar, one a natural disaster the… (View Post)

*Might* have come from their lab. We don't know and possibly never will - which would be a shame given the stature of the pandemic as a world event. Still, there are precedents for the cause of … (View Post)

That's very dangerous. SeanF gets quite fruity sometimes. (View Post)

And they merit respect, the French Academy of Medicine. Plenty of serious opinion (in addition to yours) does favour lab leak. Plenty also favours market. And there's a third strand (and here I … (View Post)