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NEW:Cases & hospital admissions in Israel are falling steeply among vaccinated age groups, in the first clear sign worldwide that Covid-19 jabs are preventing illness Rates are falling much more
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NEW: fresh data from trials in Brazil, South Africa and the UK shows the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is highly effective with a 12 week gap between doses.Efficacy is in fact much
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Two great papers out today on how to improve compliance with restrictions and thus make real, lasting inroads against viral transmission, getting us out of the tunnel faster.Turns out the
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NEW: white people in England aged 80+ are being vaccinated at twice the rate of black people, and rates in deprived neighbourhoods are lagging behind less deprived areas https://www.ft.com/content/a831fcdd-5793-3374-b281-80c4afe06640?a#post
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Somehow even 12 months into the pandemic, people are saying "yes but how many of those 100k UK deaths were due to Covid and how many were due to lockdowns?"Time
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I'm dismayed we're still seeing this kind of evidence-free shaming a year into the pandemic.Individuals and small household groups walking around in parks, fully distanced is ... not how it
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I’m no epidemiologist, but I am a #dataviz specialist, so here are some thoughts on coronavirus and log scales:1) In the initial outbreak phase, a virus like this spreads exponentially
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NEW video from me & @tomhannen addressing more myths that have been used to play down Covid this winter.Featuring:• Why delays in death registration (& bad charts) wrongly led people
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NEW: a common response to reports of hospitals struggling this winter is "it’s no different to a bad flu season!"I’ve tracked down historical data on flu ICU admissions, including winter
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NEW: Sunday update of UK Covid data.I’ll keep it short, but it’s not good. Test positivity in London has now hit 27%. The climb from 17% to 27% has taken
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NEW chart thread:The latest UK Covid data paints a dire picture, with London and much of the south now in a worse position than they were at the spring peak,
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NEW: Christmas eve update on key Covid metrics in the UK and beyondCases and positivity rates are still rocketing in London and surrounding areas, the regions where the new B.1.1.7
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