Matt Ridley
Biologist and writer. Author of How Innovation Works: amzn.to/35huuXB
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Coronavirus: South Africa's COVID lockdown may have created 'herd immunity'
Strict controls to contain the virus may have actually accelerated its spread through heavily populated areas.
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The paradoxes pile up. First, lockdowns may lead to worse second waves by preventing the harmless infection of the young. See Sweden. Second, in some cases, lockdowns worsen first waves so much that they create herd immunity. See South Africa.
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Covid measures will be seen as 'monument of collective hysteria and folly' says ex-judge
Jonathan Sumption, former British supreme court justice, slams ‘cavalier use of coercive powers’ and ‘loss of freedom’
More than 80 per cent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients had vitamin D deficiency: study
More than 80 per cent of COVID-19 patients at a hospital in Spain had a vitamin D deficiency, according to a new study.
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More than 80 per cent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients had vitamin D deficiency: study
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Effect of school closures on mortality from coronavirus disease 2019: old and new predictions
Objective To replicate and analyse the information available to UK policymakers when the lockdown decision was taken in March 2020 in the United Kingdom.
Design Independent calculations using the CovidSim code, which implements Imperial College...
Steve Forbes: What's Ahead: Innovation Flourishes in Freedom: A Conversation with Matt Ridley on Apple Podcasts
Show Steve Forbes: What's Ahead, Ep Innovation Flourishes in Freedom: A Conversation with Matt Ridley - Oct 9, 2020
Plagiarism laws are killing music - UnHerd
The industry is hampered by an absurd system that goes against the artistic process
Innovation Flourishes In Freedom: A Conversation With Matt Ridley
Here are much needed and encouraging insights about the true sources of invention and innovation.
Matt Ridley
'Achievers come from the most unlikely backgrounds. Many times science has to catch up to explain the “how” of what they have discovered.'
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Premier League: Black Lives Matter campaign 'not endorsement of political movement'
The Premier League says its Black Lives Matter campaign is to send a message it is unacceptable to treat black people differently to others.
Meritocracy makes a new ruling class | Helen Dale | Standpoint
Matt Ridley’s How Innovation Works starts with the story of Thomas Newcomen, he of the Newcomen Engine developed to pump water out of coal mines and ensure miners did not finish up in watery graves.
Matt Ridley
"Ridley’s stories of people who kicked against the pricks in one way or another and so contributed to human betterment do far more than charm or amuse."
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How the experts messed up on Covid - UnHerd
How did all the leading health authorities get it so wrong back in March?
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David Davis: My prescription for a Covid Plan B? A strategic dose of vitamin D.
Correcting a deficiency could halve the infection rates in vulnerable groups - and more than halve the death rate for those who get infected.
Shut bars and you kill whole ecosystems
In her book Regional Advantage, the sociologist AnnaLee Saxenian compares Silicon Valley with the tech sector of Massachusetts. She notes that in the early 1970s, it was the companies on the East
Report 9 - Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand
Report 9 - Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand
An Introduction to Entrepreneurship — Institute of Economic Affairs
Entrepreneurs play a pivotal role in boosting progress, productivity and prosperity. They drive economic growth and create new opportunities. Their innovations transform people’s lives. Yet their enormous contribution is not widely understood – and...
The farmers trying to save the world – and how you can help
From crop-cover, to technology and even an app, these farmers are going above and beyond to improve the environment.
Plovers from the north
Despite its global distribution, the Grey Plover (or Black-bellied Plover in the Americas) does not get the attention it deserves, according to Andrew Darby, author of Flight Lines, a book about sh…