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Rishi, Isn’t Inflation the Problem?

Posted on May 29, 2022May 29, 2022 by Tim Joslin

The Chancellor could have subsidised energy prices directly, which would not only have reduced inflation (depending how the ONS deals

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Complex decisions, Economics, Energy, Energy policy, Inflation, Politics, Reflections, Tax, UK
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Partygate: How it Started and Why it Matters

Posted on May 13, 2022May 17, 2022 by Tim Joslin

The lax approach to Covid laws in Downing Street wasn’t just an affront to the law-abiding public unable to see

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Covid-19, Healthcare, Politics, UK, Uncategorized
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Covid-19: Omicron’s “Weakness”: Luck or Evolutionary “Design”?

Posted on January 6, 2022May 2, 2022 by Tim Joslin

Hypothesis: There may be some truth in the old wives’ tale that diseases become milder over time, though perhaps only

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Concepts, Covid-19, Reflections
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Covid-19: On the Waning Effectiveness of Vaccines

Posted on October 29, 2021October 30, 2021 by Tim Joslin

Data presented at recent Downing Street press conferences appears to understate the effectiveness of vaccination at preventing hospitalisation with Covid-19.

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Complex decisions, Concepts, Covid-19, Healthcare, NHS, Reflections, Science and the media, UK
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Covid-19: How Seasonal is it?

Posted on October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 by Tim Joslin

In my previous post I mused that: “…if the seasonal effect is not extreme, the UK might achieve sustained herd

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Complex decisions, Concepts, Covid-19, Healthcare, Reflections, Science, UK, UK climate trends
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On Herd Immunity

Posted on September 22, 2021October 14, 2021 by Tim Joslin

Definition When would we be able to say that a region or country has achieved “herd immunity” to a contagious

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Covid-19: Herd Immunity in the UK

Posted on September 16, 2021October 27, 2021 by Tim Joslin

“…’cos I wanna be… herd immunity!” with apologies to the Pistols (00:29) The ongoing Covid epidemic in the UK will

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Complex decisions, Covid-19, Healthcare, NHS, Politics, Reflections, UK
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Ealing Broadway Tesco Price Hikes

Posted on September 14, 2021October 12, 2021 by Tim Joslin

It’s being reported this morning that there is pressure on supermarket prices. But do they just put up the prices

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Business practices, Consumer gripes, Ealing, Economics, Inefficiencies, Markets, Road, Transport, Undercover
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Covid-19: Reported Deaths Aren’t Currently Exceeding Actual Deaths!

Posted on January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 by Tim Joslin

I can become irrationally angry when I hear “experts” spouting crap in the media. There is such distrust of authority

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BBC, Covid-19, Healthcare, Media, Politics, Reflections, Science, Science and the media
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Covid-19: Effect on R of Household Size

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Tim Joslin

This short post makes a simple arithmetical point. I’ll be referring to it later. Imagine a world where everyone has

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Covid-19, Healthcare, Reflections, Science
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