scientific-thoughts

 Antibiotic resistance bacteria are apparently now rife with 20% of illness related to said stuff [ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59310099 ] . Health officials are appealing according to that article to only use the stuff if needed . So far as I'm aware, the greatest use of antibiotics is for livestock as it helps them grow better, which is still allowed. Which do we want , healthier humans or cheaper [ and possibly better quality ] meat . Its been a no-brainer up to now. Protein wins !!! 

A lot of procrastination [ and work] has been involved by nations in tackling the above problem, which is obviously not a great surprise given the cost /complexity and social changes required. Reasons vary: states that produce lots of greenhouse gases don’t want  the loss of revenues associated with cutting that production, resource companies use lobbying power to deny the scope of the problem. Poorer countries state they need finance to help. Newer industrialising nations feel hard done by if asked to cut down their growth for wealth, which might make rich countries being possibly forever out of reach of being overtaken financially.. Some countries are just [possibly justifiably] suspicious of anything rich nations say. Some are …. The list goes on …… What is the world being asked to do ? To keep within a 1.5C warming over pre industrial levels.  What are the consequences of not doing so ? More extreme weather conditions  That is a basic summary, I think .  The prob...

Briefing By Boris Johnson 20/4/21 This was a strange briefing. Normally Boris comes to deliver good news or put a gloss on bad [ at the start of the 1st lockdown was the only 1 I recall as it happens] .  This time , we had a briefing saying people should get vaccinated , and nothing else ; primarily by his GP sidekick . The nothing else bit was emphasised by Boris forgetting about the mandatory graphs and needed to be reminded at the time . In short, a bit of a mess saying nothing . Remembering that briefings were only going to be public for important things , which this categorically did NOT qualify . Finally the length was much shorter than others .  It is barely possible that HMG was trying to get UK vaccination rate above the 85+% ? it's already achieving and someone managed to persuade Boris to forget his normal reticence of staying in the foreground and delivering what to him would be something below his attention span , but does seem very unlikely. If one looks at the n...