Amazon Prime has a rather good docco series "The Silk Road" by a French telejournalist where he traces it all the way from Venice to Xi'an. In dubbed English. (View Post)

Just watched Rogue One again. I maintain that it's a great film, better than any of the main sequence sequel trilogy. I'd even go so far as to say it is perhaps the best Star Wars film other than the… (View Post)

I thought that SARS-COV-2 is the name of the virus and COVID-19 is the name of the disease it causes. Like how smallpox was the disease caused by the variola virus. (View Post)

Could one of the the right-wingers getting their knickers in a twist about this please point out the bits where it says either or both of "only white people have these characteristics" or &… (View Post)

Yes, they learned that in some serious cases intubation can be very detrimental and there is a test that indicates if this will be the case. But decreasing death rates, while obviously very welcome, … (View Post)