Science breakthrough of the year (runner-up)
Being only a small and insignificant organisation, we would like to take this rare opportunity to blow our own trumpets. Blue Skies Research contributed to one of the runners-up in Science Magazine’s...
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Not even half-way there
Lots of talk from politicians and others that, while not exactly triumphalist, is certainly very positive and enthusiastic about the prospect of vaccinating ourselves out of trouble. Here’s one of the...
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So near and yet not quite…
There’s been quite an amazing turnaround since my last blog post. At the time I wrote that, the Govt was insisting that schools would open as planned (indeed they did open the very next day), and that...
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Escape velocity
There is currently lot of debate on how and when we lift restrictions, and the risks of this. There are several unknowns that may affect the outcome. I have extended the model in a couple of simple...
View ArticleUK Covid-19 Inquiry
I can see I’m going to have to go over all this again. It’s not a task I really face with much enthusiasm, but it doesn’t seem like anyone else is prepared to do it. To say I’m disappointed at the...
View ArticleUK Covid-19 Inquiry: Module 2
The currently ongoing Module 2 describes its aims thusly: This module will look at, and make recommendations upon, the UK’s core political and administrative decision-making in relation to the...
View ArticleVallance vs Vallance vs SAGE: Introduction
Ok I’m going to do a bit of analysis of Vallance’s evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, focussing specifically on the events of the mid-March 2020 period up to the imposition of the first “lockdown”...
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Vallance vs Vallance vs SAGE: Why does doubling time matter?
One thing that all the protagonists (myself included) agree on is that SAGE’s estimate of doubling time in mid-March was of critical importance. Vallance testified forcefully to this effect in 2020:...
View ArticleVallance vs Vallance vs SAGE: Letter to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry
I’ve sent the following letter to the Public Inquiry, noting the significant and repeated inconsistencies between what Vallance has recently testified about the events in mid-March 2020, and what the...
View ArticleVallance vs Vallance vs SAGE: Edmunds’ view
I’ve mainly focussed on Vallance, partly because he was the Govt’s Chief Scientific Advisor and also co-Chair of SAGE (along with Whitty) but also because he’s had the most to say, and been the most...
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