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Category Archives: International
More Serious Numbers
- 29% of Brits admitted (anonymously) to breaking the lockdown
- 60% is the threshold where it is believed that Herd Immunity comes into play
- 81% of C-19 cases are mild or unrecognized and are unreported
- 60% participation is needed for a
Posted in Economics, For What It's Worth, International, Science
Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, Post-COVID
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Covadis?
“Anyone beating coronavirus deserves everybody’s fullest gratitude. Happily, industrious journalists keep leading morning newspapers offering pertinent questions regarding short-t… Read more...
Posted in Humour, International, Politics, Society, The Ericle Has Spoken, UK
Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19
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Ends & Beginnings
It is a natural inclination to look at history for clues and answers to the current circumstances in which we currently find ourselves. Though I am not a subscriber to the notion behind the French idiom: plus ça change, plus … Read more...
‘A grim calculus’ is in prospect.
I have always had a problem with Sartre’s famous quote in that I am too much of an agnostic to assent to the word ‘illusion’. This minor quibble aside, Sartre is reaching for something important when he asserts that most … Read more...
Posted in Economics, International, Opinion, Politics, Psychology, Science, Society
Tagged Choices, Policy Making, Post-COVID
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Hearts & Minds
The global response to the Coronavirus can be viewed as possibly humanity’s finest hour. An article The Times today said; “There are two ways that the world comes out of lockdown. The first is to let the virus sweep … Read more...
Posted in International, Opinion, Society, The Ericle Has Spoken, UK
Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, Post Virus
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’31ST DECEMBER 2020′: an Ericle short story.
When we first heard about the appearance of a deadly virus in a province of China, it is amazing now to think how little attention we paid to it. At that time, almost exactly at the start of 2020, few … Read more...
Petition against Palestinian Authority salaries for terrorists.
… Read more...Whilst the UK does not directly fund the salaries of terrorist prisoners, it is morally unacceptable that British taxpayers’ money is being used to fund essential services and public sector salaries in the Palestinian Authority at the same time that
Coronavirus
I am currently reading The Plague by Albert Camus; a book I’ve meant to read for quite a while. I decided that, if I was ever going to actually read it, now was a good time! It’s chilling reading, full … Read more...