Cumulative per capita Covid deaths per million (source: ourworldindata) I've listed a selection. We may anticipate that some states, e.g. the Russians, are under-reporting, but it should be fair… (View Post)

NZ has done extremely well overall, but arguments about it are ultimately pointless given its unusual situation. It's in the middle of a vast ocean, 1,500 miles from anywhere, and all goods and … (View Post)

They've been suppressing Delta relatively successfully for some months, then Omicron has rocked up and negated the effort. A guess on my part, but feels like a reasonable one. (View Post)

There was the situation pertaining before Omicron, and there is the situation now it has taken off. Interventions that may have had some useful effect prior to Omicron (perhaps at the cost of causing… (View Post)

The Rubicon is crossed. Quebec’s health minister Christian Dubé has announced some health care workers who have tested positive for Covid-19 will continue working. The second most populous Canadian p… (View Post)