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So basically “balance of risks” means balancing risk of harm to the population from not being vaccinated with risks to the government of legal action. And “the precautionary principle” means, whatever happens we need to make sure we can’t be sued.

Did you think you weren’t interested in linear stepwise model fitting versus splines? You fools! You’ve clearly not read Chris’s excellent explainer about the challenges of modelling COVID.

I have only just realised this is an April Fool both proving me a fool and breaking my heart at the same time :(

A Royal Family style guide question (almost certainly for Benjamin Lewis). When is it Prince Philip and when is it The Prince Philip?

Correlation Vs. Causation

Govt says you *can* smoke, but *shouldn’t*. Public May just think it’s chaos.

One of these days ...

One of my favourite parts of a cabinet reshuffle has arrived: the official portraits on the ScotGov flickr account for both happy and sad news releases, where ministers have had to look both delighted and quietly furious about their new jobs in quick succession...

There is a legal requirement to stay at home that applies not only to those who have been infected but also to those who have been near an infected person. Not long ago this type of criminal sanction would have seemed unimaginable. Strange how times change.

£100m for Grealish To put that into context, that's a week's stay for a family of five at Center Parcs with 3 kids who want to do everything

🚨 New Onward research 🚨 England has a social mobility blindspot with council funding. Inner-city boroughs benefit under the current model - children on free school meals in towns & rural areas miss out. A 🧵 on why we need to tackle the Social Mobility Penalty [1/11]