Interesting Links for 06-02-2021

[andrewducker]

Jeremy Hunt says Covid restrictions should stay until cases fall to 1,000 a day

(tags:pandemic UK )

"How King's College Hospital Cured My Depression" (psilocybin works!)

(tags:psilocybin mentalhealth depression research )

The graph of unintelligible languages is acyclic

(tags:visualisation language )

Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responders into responders

(tags:cancer faeces immune_system )

Denmark to build world's first wind energy island in the North Sea to power millions of homes

(tags:Denmark windpower )

American Mothers, On the Brink (I assume British mothers are much the same)

(tags:work pandemic stress women mother children parenting )

Indyref2 case dismissed as 'hypothetical' by court

(tags:Scotland independence law )

iPhone's Adult Content Filter Blocks Anything 'Asian'

(tags:OhForFucksSake porn iPhone censorship epicfail )

On sport, endogenous testosterone, and transgender participation in sport

(tags:sports olympics testosterone transgender LGBT )

The sound that connects Stravinsky to Bruno Mars (and dominated the 80s)

(tags:video music history viaSwampers )

An eloquent takedown of people who try to hide their bullying behind "Only joking"

(tags:sexism video jokes humour bullying )

Cambridge Analytica psychologist advising Covid19 disinformation network

(tags:pandemic lies OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[andrewducker]

It's going to vary. But if you're saying that 70 is a reasonable threshold for Melbourne to unlock then saying that that level, per capita, isn't reasonable for the UK to unlock, seems at least a little odd and worthy of some discussion of why.

[errolwi]

One of the variations is rate of compliance with the rules, which I understand has been poor in the UK (at least partly because of poor support for the real economic cost of compliance).

[andrewducker]

And also how good the track and trace setup is.

[davidcook]

A bit late to this discussion, but just wanted to note that "lifting restrictions" probably means different things in Melbourne vs UK.
At peak, Melb lockdown was: Only allowed outside of the house for one of the "four reasons" - 1 shopping trip by one person only, caring for someone, 1 hour of exercise, and work/study (but only if essential/couldn't be done from home), and all of the above restricted to within 5km of home (unless an exemption granted). Schools/childcare closed, restaurants closed, cinemas closed, weddings and funerals heavily restricted. No visits to anyone's house. Night-time curfew 8pm-6am or so.

"lifting" meant moving to: 2 hours of exercise allowed. One nominated visitor allowed for singles/single parents. Exercise up to 2 hours, still within 5km. Curfew was eased slightly - 9pm-5am. Schools, restaurants, cinemas etc were still closed. Workplaces were WFH where possible.

... have the restrictions in the UK been anywhere near that level at any point ?

(source: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhMtaR8VoAI8Y59?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)

[andrewducker]

At the moment the cinemas, restaurants, etc are all closed. You can have up to 5 people at your wedding. Childcare has been closed for ages, and we're looking forward to that opening again on the 22nd. Schools currently closed, will open back up a bit soon, but only some years and only some purposes.