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They got sciencey looking middle-aged white make scientists saying vaguely sciencey things and people bought into it basically. The bit about how 'it doesn't matter if infected people got to football stadiums because on average the infected infect 2 or 3 other people so it doesn't really matter...

I chose the right month to add @accelerbot to my Twitter feed. https://twitter.com/accelerbot/

So 'herd immunity'....is this wrong? The government's reported 'herd immunity' strategy to contain coronavirus could kill over 1 million people, figures show

Slovakia has basically closed now. I have some friends who were in Bratislava yesterday and then got the bus to Prague, they were planning to go back to Bratislava on Sunday - ain't happening. We're at the point now where if I left Hungary, my return at will would not be completely assured fair...

Seems like we should just vitamin d supplement then...

Worth saying that cases relies on people actually being tested, so comparing case numbers could be apples and bowling balls. But assuming the sun thing has some merit, countries with guaranteed hot weather maybe can take a different strategy than one's without such guarantees. The UK has a...

Perhaps, I think you are confusing two distinct scenarios: 1) Hot place which is always hot so virus struggles to get a foothold. 2) Place which isn't hot but becomes hotter after virus has already got a foothold. And let's face it; hotter is relative. Britain has its moments but hoping that...

Absolutely. I think the hypothesis that we can rely on the sun is a suspect proposition.

The sun you say? Britain's in trouble. But in all seriousness, sun only reduces the virus' survival time as I understand it. That's by no means definitely going to be enough. Higher Vitamin D levels may also have an effect admittedly, but assuming the Sun is a panacea here is probably unwise.

I tend to think shit got real in the last 24hours for most people. But I think the idea that this issue largely goes away in 30 days......yeah, not convinced. So it's almost too much to comprehend, so some people choose not to really try. I don't think this is that like anything else, and I...

To be pedantic, it's the Schengen Area. I don't know if there are direct flights from Bulgaria to the USA, but there might be soon! I don't think the US has ready access to people's movement within the EU, so there are holes here. But I don't think the point is not to have any holes. Whilst the...

Nerds don't have to go out anymore, we have internet. Elephant in the room here. Some nerds, obviously not all, can get laid off Tinder (Snap too I imagine, but don't ask me about that). Price of drinking at home has stayed relatively static over the last 20 years, going out not so much...

https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1234789435323174912 Repeal of the Corn Laws.........wow. Just wow.

Today's mandate for the trade talks with the US is pretty weird: 1) The deal's benefits have been analysed in a way they are refusing to do for the EU trade talks 2) They are explicitly willing to accept some things in this deal that they say are red lines for the EU trade talks (e.g. dispute...

I am a born hoarder and a gym-rat - so I already had lots of protein powder from Bulkpowders & I bought a lot of lentils from when they're cheap at New Year. Recently I have picked up a bit of UHT milk and rice *just in case*. I'd struggle to go 90 days on what I have, but a month would probably...

Quite a lot of people on Twitter play the 'Hitler was a socialist' card as well.

I can't help feeling the crew-neck t-shirt under v-neck jumper is deliberately terrible. He tries a bit too hard to look like he doesn't give a shit.

I've started reading the Tetlock book. On the face of it, there does appear to be something to it - political forecasting has been almost entirely voodoo so why not try to do something better? But of course, how such forecasting is used is obviously crucial....hypotheses are themselves not...

I used to like Thornbridge until I foudn out the chairman/founder is married to Emma Harrison of A4E infamy.

Unfortunately I can pretty much remember everything the day after. I have a sense of the other taking the wheel but I remain in the car.