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What can be read into this - does it mean our immunity is likely to fade over time? Ie a potential vaccine effect would fade?

This could be the nail in the coffin for those BPS folk. Before it was a few pesky patients, afraid of a bit of exercise, now it could be thousands of people, many of whom work in healthcare.

Could this account for some of the ratio discrepancy? BBC News - Hancock calls for urgent review into coronavirus death data in England https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53443724

Levels of herd immunity within the UK may already be high enough to prevent a second wave of coronavirus, a new study by Oxford University scientists suggests. From the independent

I am not convinced by this. Maybe he gets it and maybe he is genuine, but I am fairly sure the line about not dismissing patients because it's all the head, is straight out of the BPS handbook.

The BBC even did a fact checking article about it. BBC News - Coronavirus: Fact-checking claims it might have started in August 2019

Thanks for your reply. Would I be right in saying you meant "sticking your neck out on social media" If so, I understand what you meant. Its important to clarify because social media and the real world are very different to a lot of people. Accusing people of prolific agressive behaviour is...

Hi Hilda, I hope you weren't pressurised and I would not like to think you are here or performing this task for any reason other than its your free choice. Presumably one gets to be in a position like yours from a general desire and motivation to promote better science for the greater good...

Better than the advice from the UN then. BBC News - Coronavirus: Restart tourism to beat virus, says United Nations https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52997197

Have you been watching today's press conference. Interesting how Boris and Vallance both dodged the question about what would they do differently, Whitty said he had a long list but better testing earlier would be top, but none of them commented on an earlier lockdown even when it was put...

This is all that needs to be said. Inclusion criteria, statistical analysis and all the other PACE flaws are great topics for a critique in how not to run a clinical trial. But from an overall review perspective either you agree with Jonathan's statement or you don't.

Do you think there could be a meaningful subset of the population who are naturally not susceptible?

That's interesting. It sounds like it would be a breakthrough development in understanding this outbreak if its true.

The data from the US is very erratic from day to day but it seems like there is an increasing trend of new cases now in key states like Florida and Texas. Arizona was one of the earliest to reduce stay at home measures on 15th May, and already the numbers are rising sharply. There is only so...

It's Rickey Gervais, enough said. But that clip doesn't bother me.

I just read this quote from Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),in an FT article “We’ve seen evidence that the concerns it would go south in the southern hemisphere like flu [are coming true], and you’re seeing what’s happening in Brazil now,” Dr...

I imagine it's more of a function than an equation Alert level = f(R, No. Of infections)

What happens when we arrive in reality and how bad will it get before then.

The trend for new cases in UK is flat, definitely not going down significantly I would say. All but 7 US states are also relaxing restrictions, and most of them have increasing cases and deaths. Cuomo got it right again, new york is now helping the US look good because their numbers are...

Looks like Donald is going to disband the virus task force. Time to move on and open the economy folks.