Tag Archives: Coronavirus

The Four Questions

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Ericle

Last Tuesday marked the anniversary of the UK’s first Covid Lockdown. Shortly after that we celebrated our first Zoom Passover Seder with friends. Tonight that anniversary comes round again, too.

I’ve always thought Passover to be the quintessential Jewish festival … Read more...

Posted in Religion, Society | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

COVID: The Inquest Begins

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Ericle

With the Government announcing, with some justified pride, that the 15 millionth first jab has been administered in the UK and that the spectre of mortality had been reduced for the 88% of the population most at risk from Covid, … Read more...

Posted in Health, International, Society | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Be afraid … but not witlessly so.

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Ericle

This week the UK registered its 100,000th Covid-related death. This is a horrendous statistic, by any standard, and nobody of any reasonably fair disposition can refute that, regardless of any ‘objective’ comparisons of national Pandemic-performances, reflects badly on The United … Read more...

Posted in Health, International, Society, UK | Tagged , | Leave a comment

A Famous German comments on ‘The Government We Deserve’

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Ericle

Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool FC’s German Manager, writing for The Ericle (and The Sunday Times) today:

“If aliens looked at us both from the outside they would think
we came from two different planets.”
… Read more...
Posted in Football, Opinion, UK | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

We get the government that we deserve.

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Ericle

One of the unmissable features of the COVID Pandemic is that the world responded to it not as one, but as nation-based. Perhaps, one day the governance of the world will be the domain of global institutions but it is … Read more...

Posted in For What It's Worth, Opinion, Politics, Society | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

More Serious Numbers

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Ericle
  • 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
… Read more...
Posted in Economics, For What It's Worth, International, Science | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

It’s A Numbers Game

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Ericle

When Numbers Get Serious*

Two times two is twenty-two
Four times four is forty-four
When numbers get serious
They leave a mark on your door
Urgent! Urgent!
A telephone ringing in the hallways
When times are mysterious
Serious numbers … Read more...

Posted in Opinion, Politics, Psychology, Science, Society | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Covadis?

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Ericle

“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 , | 1 Comment

Ends & Beginnings

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Ericle

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...

Posted in History, International, Opinion, Society | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Post-Pandemic Probabilities

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Ericle

There has been a significant sea-change in concerns, if not government focus, over the last few days; certainly, in the UK. (See Lord Sumpton’s article below). I believe it’s fair to say that the panic-meter is no longer at its … Read more...

Posted in Economics, Politics, Society, The Ericle Has Spoken, UK | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments