This isn't new. It's an agreed measure after a lot of work by statisticians. On the available evidence, it's about right. If anything, it slightly undercounts total Covid deaths. The n… (View Post)

And since there have been days when the total positive rate was around 0.3%, the FPR can't be any higher than that. (View Post)

Thanks - I forgot "in Russia's pocket" :) (View Post)

No similarities between Corbyn and Trump? - Think they are outsiders but are actually just a bit bonkers - Have completely taken over a political party which was hostile to them - Repeated dodgy view… (View Post)

It's always lag in the testing system. The numbers "by date of specimen" always look like they are levelling off and indeed in the most recent days dropping. They're also vulnerab… (View Post)