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Is there a more reliable source of disappointment anywehre in the world than my own daily To Do list?In 10,000 days have I ever looked down and said, "yes -
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Storytime!In 1935, officials in the British Air Ministry were worried about falling behind Nazi Germany in the technological arms race...1/ They decided to explore the possibility of a DEATH RAY.They
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Some interesting psychology going on around vaccine rollout. UK rollout is among the fastest in the world right now, but last night I saw a self-flagellating piece comparing UK rollout
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A belated Christmas quiz question for you - what do puzzles, poker, and misinformation have in common? The answer is at the bottom of this thread.1/ Easier question first. In
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Will it ever end? In November we were celebrating the announcements of several effective vaccines. Now hospitals are overwhelmed and the global death toll is climbing twice as fast as
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Has there been a moment in modern history where so many people in free societies have believed such damaging lies?https://www.ft.com/content/b25595f4-9b91-4867-8091-3c38746d0524 1/ It’s easy to point to the US, where nearly
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1/ What a difference a few weeks makes. In mid-December, I asked a collection of wise guests on my BBC radio programme How to Vaccinate the World about the importance
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1/ Things seem really bad at the moment. That's because things ARE really bad at the moment. But I wanted to share a perspective that might encourage you a little.
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1/ My column today - is "first dose first" (and worry about second doses later) the right vaccination strategy?https://www.ft.com/content/915756b2-6f13-41fb-9491-a647817aa919 2/ A couple of points. First, mainstream opinion on thi
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There's not much evidence that Stalin ever said this, but the quote points to an important truth: we are often willing to sling statistics around to win arguments, while having
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My mother died in December 1996. Her funeral was on Christmas Eve; I doubt it was straightforward for my father to find a church that had time and space, but
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My column this morning ventures into science fiction: what if everyone who was infectious glowed orange like the children in the Ready Brek ads? The answer: the virus would be
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