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I decided to start a partial catalogue of threads on teacher risk.Here’s the Office for Statistics Regulation letter upholding my complaint about an ONS ad hoc study on teacher risk—a

I was grateful for the opportunity to speak to @AppgCoronavirus this morning.I mentioned many types of data, but I need to clarify that I mis-spoke when I referred to recent

THREAD on why1. Primary school transmission depends crucially on child prevalence, not just community prevalence, and2. Why we see delays for primary school transmission to ramp up, if child prevalence

Many have asked me to comment on the recent ONS deaths report. (THREAD)https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/causesofdeath/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19relateddeathsbyoccupationenglandandwales/deathsregister

Since there seems to be confusion about the 2 Sep-16 Oct ONS ad hoc teacher risk study published 6 Nov, let me highlight a few key points (THREAD). 1/10https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1345998975661314048

Follow-up on ONS ad hoc teachers study (THREAD)Many people have continued to ask me for updates on my earlier 2-thread series on the 6 November ONS “ad hoc” teachers risk

ONS, breaches, + teachers: THREADToday I reported an ONS breach to the UK Statistics Authority.Two breaches in fact: one regarding an “ad hoc” analysis on education staff in part 9

In case anyone wanted to see some examples of prevalence curves that do and do not “mirror what’s happening [in the general population] outside the school gates,” here’s a graph.Hint:

Inquiry+DfE (THREAD).Various followers alerted me that Parliament are conducting an inquiry into covid impact on education and social services, and on DfE response.It claims it “will scrutinise how the Department

ONS model instability (THREAD)This is more of an FYI thread, a little technical.TL;DR: Although there’s no intentional problem, each week one should be cautious about reading much into ONS random

@nytimes, you keep making the same mistake, + you refuse to correct, no matter how many times I write the editors:You can’t compare test positivity to confirmed cases per population.

School + CEV households: THREADNew update yesterday for UK Guidance on shielding. Guess what stayed the same:“Children who live with someone who is clinically extremely vulnerable, but who are not

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