Why do you think it passes me by? It doesn’t. I just think the trade offs you are expecting from everyone else are unreasonable and counterproductive to ensuring a healthy and prosperous society. Why… (View Post)

Know someone who came down with rona a couple of months ago while double vaxxed. Since had a booster. Tested positive again a week or so ago, after a bet with his wife that he couldn’t possibly have … (View Post)

Yes. And if you are infectious that’s your plans ruined for the next week. At least, given it spreads within households with a lag. I do wonder if in Jan we’ll see a good uptick for hospitality if th… (View Post)

The behavioural changes I’ve seen are nothing to do with worry about getting sick but worry about being told to isolate at home for a sniffle. And that’s a direct consequence of government diktat. (View Post)

There is a small cost to achieve strategic resilience that the West hasn’t been willing to pay for decades, due to the transactional nature of its politics. It’s highly disturbing to me. I would make… (View Post)