If you were discussing in good faith I really struggle to see how you could not see the answer to that. It is 100% clear that the current lockdown can not continue forever. If you believe we're … (View Post)

Schools should be opening far sooner than that - the government has been clear their closure has little benefit in supressing the virus, and it does more economic damage than any other measure. I wou… (View Post)

I wish I could understand people who think the NHS can be paid for by a nation sat in permanent lockdown. The answer of course is a balanced middle way. School closures, per the SAGE modelling releas… (View Post)

Yes, that has been written on the slide to match up with the pre-agreed message that this is VERY SERIOUS, and it is TOO SOON TO SLACKEN OFF. It's a metric designed to try and stop people who sh… (View Post)

So numbers of patients in hospital are now falling. Deaths likely to go up for a few more days given the heavily lagged reporting, but pretty soon lower ICU occupancy will feed through. (View Post)