Summertime
A time for more nonsense, not for Gershwin
Alas, when Tom opened the Times this morning, he was greeted by a double whammy. HMG is going to raise money by selling your data to pharma (they have been doing that for some time, but this time they are going to sell more). Also, Covid is up again, so…no need to panic because….well, we are not quite clear why. Maybe SARS-CoV-2 and the Times writer are aware of Farr’s Law?
So right now, it's on the up, and when it starts coming down again, the Times will move on to some other interesting story.
Could it be the pre-pre-intro-to this year’s winter NHS crisis? Maybe Rashid Sanook’s wife’s slippers? Maybe modellers’ crystal balls? Or maybe it will all be balls, as it’s been for some time?
After the initial shock, we got a phone call from the International Rhinovirus Association, complaining bitterly (again) about discrimination. Why always Cov-2 and never one of the hundreds of rhino serotypes?
They are omnipresent, as we have known for decades.
Tyrrell’s rule of three.
This post is for parents with fluey children and those who worry about respiratory infections. It comes from the recollections of one of the guys who discovered the first coronavirus.
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