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got it. because the young mix a lot, and when they get the virus, a lot of them are asymptomatic. They are the group where our effort to slow down the virus must be aimed at. If they are tested, they will understand the risks much better. Within two years, 80% of us will get it anyway, so it's...

the facts in that statement are the individual probabilities of transmission for each and every one factor concerning that group of people, not that they don't have choice. We already know that they have to go to work and from there, we can deduce the rest. In math, your proposition is...

my point is simple: facts are useful and don't lie like politicians. Trust facts and not impressions. We usually take aim/poke fun at foreigners, especially Chinese, Russians, Germans, French and Italians while forgetting to learn lessons from their misery and their success in Hubei.

you shouldn't trust that impression because it is not born out by statistics. Old people die of this virus but it's spreading through the young: they have to go to work, share public transport, live in small flats and all that kissing, clubbing, eating out and partying cause much more spreading...

there is latency and inertia in the wave: infection leading to test then to confirmation then hospitalisation and finally death count. Take Germany and Switzerland for example. They do 5 times more tests than we do and have far fewer deaths because they isolate many more young spreaders. You can...

the young people are most likely to be the conduit for spreading the virus because many of them don't react to the virus. The virus penetrates their age group much more widely. It's a bit like an allergy. When you are young, your immune system does not pick it up, the virus can multiply and be...

SW's friend's dad should not have endured corona virus. He went to the hospital for his scheduled operation and caught the virus in hospital. Such situation will become the norm. Patients who need hospital treatments are now threatened with catching CORVID19 - same as other medical staff, except...

probably from the network companies.

I will remember your message.

yes. People are not machines.

why do you think? Neal obviously has his reasons.

You should not try to fix a faulty battery pack. The fire risk of a mismatched pack is enormously raised. Replacing with a new one is on balance a better action.

I blame the marketing men for pushing aluminium/magnesium to the detriment of quality steel like Reynolds tubings, and for hollowing out as much material as possible.

that's a valid point but applies equally to getting from A to B by another transport like your car.

they know exactly what their readers are interested in, bottom left corner: Puzzles: page 20 Obituaries: page 33 TV listing: page 35 Weather: page 36 'Obituaries' occupies only 2 pages at the moment. Perhaps their readers will change their mind when it doubles to 4.

If I remember correctly, a product like e-bike must be supported for at least 6 years. That means that parts must be available up to 6 years from the moment the public is warned of production ending. 'Work on' can simply mean swapping out. People don't want to think of future maintenance costs...

you are really good at this!

it's usually busier than in the reportage. I have a friend whose house is just on the hill up from the beach. That part of Sydney is very densely populated. I have never liked Bondi beach, much prefer Manly Beach.

their March is our September. In 3 months, they will have to lockdown like we do now.

possibly. I am an optimist though. We'll learn from this crisis.