I’ve been following the virus for 55 weeks now now. Originally I thought that it would be very limited, but that changed about 53 weeks ago, when the numbers began to rise and we found out more about it. The…
Assessing of Risks Generally
One of the blessings or burdens of intelligence is the assessment of risks. Animals in general are pretty poor about working out consequences, usually only able to deal with very simple action and reaction situations. When playing chess with a…
Covid-19 Vaccines and the UK
In the UK we have 15 million flu vaccinations a year, so about 290,000 a week. The plan is to administer 500,000 Covid-19 vaccinations a week on top of this, nearly doubling the number we do for flu, so existing…
Is Fusion Power Viable?
As a rough guide 1 gram of antimatter produces about 40 megatons of TNT, but costs presently around $60,000,000,000,000 to make, or $1.50 per kilogram of TNT power. It may become a source of power in decades or centuries time…
Covid Status 25/12/2020
Status 25/12/2020 Reported Likely from Reported +Change in last 3 weeks World UK US World UK US World UK US Cases 80575917 2221312 19210166 80575917 2221312 19210166 20.2% 30.2% 28.7% Deaths 1756991 70195 338263 2494554 99662 480262 14.7% 15.0% 17.7%…
The Current Covid-19 Position 22/12/2020
I’ve been analysing the figures that each country reports and there is a lot of discrepancy between what is reported and what you would normally expect the numbers to be given the progression of the disease that the virus normally…
Coronavirus Risks 5 (SARS-CoV-2)
I’ve been following the virus for 55 weeks now now. Originally I thought that it would be very limited, but that changed about 53 weeks ago, when the numbers began to rise and we found out more about it. The…
The Last Supper
Today I though I would have a day of negative sanity for a change. Reality isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be, and a mental holiday is something that can keep you sane. Life’s 2 short it’s said, so…
The Biro Conundrum
What we call the ‘Biro’ should just be called the ball point pen, László Bíró being the manufacturer and patentee of the first practical and successful ball point pen. The first known one was 50 years earlier by inventor John…
World Population and Demographics Model
As promised I have finished my general data model of the world and added Covid-19 figures for 24/4/2020 and 24/11/2020. This was collected from a number of sources, mainly the various government websites and various sites around the internet. Feel…