Category Archives: Public Health

Covid infection rates falling

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Clive Best

The UK weekly infection rate has been falling since the 18th November and is now about the same as that in Germany (150/100,000). Note that infection rates had mostly stabilised already by early November. The fall in rates for France … Continue reading →

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The SAGE Reasonable Worst Case Scenario (RWCS)

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Clive Best

The news this morning is that the government is due to announce a nationwide lockdown on Monday because  deaths are even worse that foreseen in SAGE’s worst case scenario which was leaked 2 days ago. The Spectator on Thursday published … Continue reading →

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Following the Science

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Clive Best

The few SAGE minutes that are available show little evidence of any disagreements or heated discussions. Their proposals after infections rose this Autumn are just ever more stringent lockdowns on the  social and economic life of the country until case … Continue reading →

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