June 2020
10 entries
Corona Diaries
You ain’t seen nothing yet
The Prime Minister has done it, at least he has so far. From 4 July the nation’s lockdown status is being radically reduced in an attempt to kick life back…
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An unacceptable failure
I went for a drive today, not something I do commonly these days, and was astonished by what I saw. It was a long drive, from Cumbria in the north…
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Unscrupulous operators
At a time when there is so much bad news, anything good is welcome. Consequently, when the Prime Minister announced today that a major breakthrough had occurred in the management…
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It is still easy to catch this virus
I find it odd that the nation is largely talking as if the virus has gone, and the thing has vanished forever. I only have to look at the global…
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Fake scientific news
This morning I awoke at some unearthly hour when my computer went “Ping!” Normally I would turn away, but for some reason I scrabbled in the half dark, turned on…
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A new world order
How times change. A few weeks ago, it was touch and go. Now, if public behaviour is to be believed, the UK’s troubles are almost over. Around the world there…
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I’m positive but I’m not
A question I am commonly asked, and one with which I see politicians struggle, is whether having Covid-19 confers immunity to the sufferer. If so, for how long would a…
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Learning the truth
Some weeks ago, at the evening government briefing, a graph that had once been shown regularly, simply vanished. There was no explanation. It just went. The graph had shown death…
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Leave the windows open
I am one of those annoying people who has to sleep with a window open, whatever the temperature outside. I have sometimes come to blows in mountain refuges, especially with…
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The report without a solution
I came across an interesting report today, with results that I had long anticipated. In fact, the whole country has been waiting to learn of its findings. Its title was…