Monthly Archives: November 2020

Explaining the epidemic curve

Posted on 25 November 2020 by Pict1

This post is trying to explain the main features of the epidemic as shown in the following curve (and the contrast between deaths in countries with lockup and not) As the log vs. time curve shows, the epidemic either is … Continue reading →

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The Way Back to Normal

Posted on 13 November 2020 by Pict1

In Lessons from Lockup I have summarised what we should learn from the insane government response that killed so many people and so wrecked our economy. Unfortunately, except for saying “it should never happen again”, and “those responsible should rot … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the Covid Scandal

Posted on 12 November 2020 by Pict1

We are now at a stage, where more and more people are accepting that the second “wave” is amounting to not much at all as it barely registers as any excess deaths. And with multiple signs of it peaking, those … Continue reading →

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The end of the age of democracy

Posted on 5 November 2020 by Pict1

In the 1970s there was a infamous Sun headline: “It was the Sun Wot won it”, referring to their appallingly dishonest electioneering which they blatantly admitted had manipulated people to vote for a party they otherwise would not have done … Continue reading →

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How lockup kills

Posted on 5 November 2020 by Pict1

Sweden with a very mild form of reduced social interaction, got community immunity over the summer at a death rate equivalent to 40,000 deaths in the UK. This is significantly lower than the death rate in the UK, and in … Continue reading →

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How Facebook, Google and Twitter may have destroyed the modern world

Posted on 2 November 2020 by Pict1

In the same way “Social distancing” ought to be called “anti-social media”, so there is a good case that “social media”, or at least those who run it, are about as anti-social as it is possible to get and that … Continue reading →

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