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Downfall – a government awaits its fate. Your 14 days are almost up.

5 April 2020

This strapline is a variation of ‘a nation awaits its fate’ from the film Downfall. Even if you haven’t seen the rather excellent film, you have probably seen one of the myriad video parodies spawned by one particular scene (clue: it will include a roundabout or road in your area that gets really congested). As […]

The difference between infectability and detectability.

4 April 2020

A virus requires a host to survive. Unlike a bacterium, which can survive on its own quite happily for ages, a virus needs a living environment. In this respect it is parasitic although it is not a parasite. There is much speculation about the length of time SARS-CoV-2 can survive on its own, whether in […]