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Sunday 19 December 2021

Bring Back Cnut



Lateral flow test results 'expire very quickly' as expert warns that government advice must be updated

The warning comes as the rapid spread of the Omicron variant means tougher restrictions could soon be introduced - after experts said there are likely already hundreds of thousands of new infections every day.

For some reason I'm constantly reminded of King Cnut demonstrating how impossible it is for even a king to command the tide to stop. He was advised by experts too, but the story is that he chose to get his feet wet demonstrating the limitations of expert advice. 

4 comments:

Sam Vega said...

Dairy cattle are implanted with a chip that constantly monitors their blood to inform the farmer of pregnancy, hormonal cycle, fat content, minerals, temperature, etc.

Surely such a thing would not be beyond the wit of SAGE? We could be pinged by the government to inform us of where we can go and what we should be doing.

A K Haart said...

Sam - bound to come in one form or another.

Anonymous said...

@Sam: already happening, or at least trialled, in New Zealand.

However bad you think the future might be, in fact it's even worse.

A K Haart said...

Anon - if it can be done it will be done, or so people say. I suspect they are right.