Kit Yates

You Don't Know What You're M ss ng is out. It's about how the information we use to understand the world contains gaps and how those gaps are important. If you've enjoyed reading my stuff on this site, do me a favour and get yourself a copy: amazon.co.uk/Dont-Know-What…

UK restricts Autumn boosters to 80 year olds. "JCVI noted in their cost-benefit analysis that willingness to pay privately increases with age" …terdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/uk-restricts…

Oooh. The RI just announced the debut performance of my talk "You Don't Know What You're M ss ng". If you're in or near London on 19th September, please do come along and pack the place out. Come and say hi afterwards too. It would be great to see you. rigb.org/whats-on/you-d…

Sometimes the rules of sport induce some strange behaviours. But there probably haven't been many stranger football matches than the 1994 game between Barbados and Grenada. Why, with just a few minutes to go were Grenada trying to score in both goals? open.substack.com/pub/kityates/p…

“She criticised the controversial "VIP lane", which prioritised offers of PPE from those with political connections, as a "misguided" policy which undermined public confidence.” I’m not sure why she didn’t use the word “corruption”. 3/3

“The country entered the pandemic with its stockpile of masks, gowns and gloves in a "perilous state" and was "simply not ready to compete" in the global race to secure new supplies, added the chair Baroness Hallett.” 2/3

“A "vast amount" of taxpayers' money was wasted on PPE - almost £10bn of the £14.9bn spent by the UK and devolved governments.” Who will be held accountable? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… 1/3

We were let down. We knew this long ago of course. It’s a national scandal. “The lives of NHS staff and patients were put at risk in the pandemic because of a lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), the Covid inquiry has said.” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

In a talk at a mathematical biology conference about patterning on a sphere. #ItsComingHome

Why England vs Argentina will always be more than just a game for me. kityates.substack.com/p/coming-home?…

"Bangladesh had made "substantial progress" towards eliminating measles, according to the WHO. Vaccination rates had been higher than 90% until recently. But that progress has quickly and suddenly come undone." A preventable tragedy. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

‘If you vote Binface you’ll save the British taxpayer £350k — the cost of the second by-election if Farage wins this one and and the parliamentary authorities then find corruption — and you can put that on the side of a bus.’

Imagine if Wales had qualified!

We've seen it many times before, but the story of the damage of misinformation during an epidemic is being played out vividly in Democratic Republic of Congo at the moment. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I know we’re all excited about the football, but for English (British) sports fans, this is the most extraordinary story. Next chapter on Friday. bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/a…

The passion in the full speech is quite something: youtube.com/shorts/Lldq9mz…? 2/2

Hoping not to revisit this famous piece of England vs Norway commentary on Saturday night: "Maggie Thatcher. Can you hear me? ... We have knocked your boys out of the World Cup. Maggie Thatcher. As they say in your language, ... your boys took a hell of a beating." 1/2

"Comedian Jon Harvey, who regularly runs in by-elections under the pseudonym Count Binface, has confirmed he will run. Asked what his appeal will be to the people of Clacton, he told the Today programme: "Well, I'm not Nigel Farage.""

If you thought England vs Mexico was a crazy game, it was nothing compared to this game between Barbados and Grenada in 1994. The last minutes of the game saw Grenada trying to score in both goals. But why? The strangest game in football history. bbc.co.uk/future/article…

I didn’t think I’d get to say this this month, but England are in the World Cup Final! bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/…