“Virulent” Does Not Mean “Infectious”
Matt Ridley
Respiratory viruses tend to evolve to be more transmissible but less virulent This blog post was adapted from this Twitter thread: Articles often claim that the Delta variant is more virulent, e.g. “Citing the spread of the more virulent Delta coronavirus variant in the United Kingdom”. Earlier in the year the same was said about […]
Flawed modelling is condemning Britain to lockdown
Matt Ridley
Again and again, worst-case scenarios are presented with absurd precision, and the problem goes further than Britain’s slow reopening My article for The Telegraph: Britain leads the pack on vaccination, but lags far behind America, Germany and France on liberation. A big reason is that our Government remains in thrall to a profession that has […]
Organic lobbyists show ‘sheer hypocrisy’
Matt Ridley
Organic lobbyists show ‘sheer hypocrisy’ opposing UK emergency authorization of neonicotinoid sugar beet seed treatments — while supporting environmental waiver for ‘acutely toxic’ copper sulfate My article for the Genetic Literacy Project: The Government was right to make provision for a temporary and limited derogation for the use of the neonicotinoid seed treatment Cruiser SB […]
