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You probably heard the term ‘herd immunity’ (also called community immunity and herd or group protection) in relation to the coronavirus disease outbreak when some governments, including that of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, (are said to have) considered allowing herd immunity to develop on its own, without a vaccine, by letting the virus spread through their populations. The argument was that...
What was billed as a close Ashes series prior to the first Test at the Gabba in Brisbane has now been reduced to a one-horse race After a day that saw Australia lose just one wicket and a relative Test rookie Mitch Marsh pile on an unbeaten 180, apart from the small matter of an unbeaten double century by Oz captain and the man of the moment Steven Smith, England assistant coach Paul Farbrace said, “We don’t...
Languishing 14 points behind leaders City, Chelsea would do well to shift focus to the Champions League, after due reinforcements in the January transfer window Before their stumble in the away London derby game against West Ham, Chelsea had won six and drawn one of their previous seven matches, including the Alvaro Morata header-inspired 1-0 home victory over Manchester United. And yet, the chances of retaining...
This article was first published on The Huffington Post (UK Edition) here. If there was one message that rose above all the others after the engaging and edgy Premier League encounter between Tottenham Hotspurs and Chelsea at Wembley, it was that despite all the doomsayers pronouncements about disharmony and dejection at Stamford Bridge, the rest of the teams in the league would have to work desperately hard...
This post was first published on the Huffington Post (UK) here. The final resting place As with most mornings, I was reading the newspaper in bed while my pet turtle Tobi was in the water in his transparent plastic container by our bedroom window. This was his hour of basking in ‘passive sunlight’. But something felt different. I noticed that he was in an unusually calm floating state for a bit. I tapped...
For the second consecutive game, Chelsea lost points due to a disjoint performance by an ill-equipped defence. That that would be the opening line about a Chelsea performance even in the new season reveals how little has changed in that department for the team; and how much the stagnation threatens to repeat the 2015/16 season. Unlike their visit to Swansea, where Chelsea clearly were the better side and...
