This paper examines the effects of single-strain vaccine campaigns on the dynamics of an epidemic multistrain model with antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE). ADE is a disease spreading process causing individuals with their secondary infection to be more infectious than during their first infection by a different strain. We follow the two-strain ADE model described in Cummings et al. [D.A.T. C...

In this comment we argue that the experimental evidence provided by Cummings et al. is not inconsistent with hypothetical referenda being an incentive compatible mechanism for eliciting economic values. Differences in response proportions between hypothetical and real referenda can be expected if the underlying distributions have equal means but differ in scale. Once rescaled, Cummings et al.’s...

The prime minister’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings has launched an incendiary attack on England’s health secretary’s handling of the covid-19 pandemic, accusing Matt Hancock “lying to everybody multiple occasions.” In evidence session before MPs from and science select committees 26 June, claimed that Hancock, under pressure explain shortage personal protective equipment (PPE) last Apr...

Quantitatively, the main sources of C and energy for bacteria growing in the human large intestine are starches and plant cell wall polysaccharides that escape digestion in the small bowel (Macfarlane & Cummings, 1991). These substances are depolymerized by hydrolytic enzymes produced by colonic bacteria, and their component sugars are fermented to a range of products, including organic acids, ...

Cummings (December 1979) is to be vigorously applauded for bringing to light the seriousness of the drug and alcohol addiction problem and the inability of traditional psychotherapy to deal with this problem effectively. Those of us who work daily with addicted people hold most of Cummings's statements to be self-evident, but we suffer frequent frustration at the apparent unwillingness of other...