Covid-19 Data
Total 8 Posts
The week in Covid-19. (#13)
6 min read
We look back at the week’s coronavirus situation in the UK, the battle between the science and politics, the import and export of new variants, the government’s wrong travel advices, the 21 June reopening or not, and more...
When the data say one thing and the Government says the opposite... the media oblige.
6 min read
How client journalism and cosy relationships allow the UK government to maintain a shocking level of complacency about the risks posed by Covid-19 variants.
Government needs a definitive Covid-19 management strategy.
4 min read
As the country enters its third lockdown, let’s draw some points from yesterday’s UK Covid-19 Data, Covid-transmission from abroad, the overstretched NHS, questions about the use, and meaning of the term ‘herd immunity’, and the strategy the government needs to adopt now.
UK Covid Data Headlines: 28 December 2020.
2 min read
Today’s data indicate 41,385 new coronavirus cases (the HIGHEST UK number reported at any time during the pandemic!) and a further 357 deaths.
The terrifying nuance and complexity behind COVID-19 numbers.
4 min read
Hospitalizations are not a static thing. This is what happens when public healthcare cannot cope with every patient and only the very sickest get a bed.
England’s contact-tracing system needs better data handling to beat COVID-19.
6 min read
Current contact-tracing statistics do not track coronavirus positive cases from receiving test results, nor factor in all close contacts for cases. Here is how to make it better.
Coronavirus: Which treatments work and which don’t?
5 min read
There is still a lot of uncertainty, but the picture is gradually getting clearer – here is what we know so far.