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Getting baseline risks for case-control studies

Getting baseline risks for case-control studies

Nov 3, 2020

Getting baseline risks for case-control studies

Nov 3, 2020

Top tips to statisticians communicating through the media, especially in the time of COVID-19

Kevin McConway (The Open University)* and David Spiegelhalter (University of Cambridge)**

Jan 30, 2021

Top tips to statisticians communicating through the media, especially in the time of COVID-19

Jan 30, 2021

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Why I am in a higher priority group for a vaccine than younger people with chronic health…

The Joint Committee for Vaccines and Immunisation (JCVI) has released its priority list for getting a Covid vaccine, which is as follows:

Dec 4, 2020

Why I am in a higher priority group for a vaccine than younger people with chronic health…

Dec 4, 2020

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What have been the fatal risks of Covid, particularly to children and younger adults?

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Jun 13, 2020

What have been the fatal risks of Covid, particularly to children and younger adults?

Jun 13, 2020

Is SARS-CoV-2 viral load lower in young children than adults?

Kevin McConway, ???

May 25, 2020

Is SARS-CoV-2 viral load lower in young children than adults?

May 25, 2020

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What are the risks of COVID? And what is meant by ‘the risks of COVID’?

As COVID-19 changes from being seen as a societal threat to a problem in risk management, it is essential that we get a handle on the…

May 13, 2020

What are the risks of COVID? And what is meant by ‘the risks of COVID’?

May 13, 2020

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COVID and ‘excess deaths’ in the week ending April 10th

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released the latest data on death registrations at 9.30am on April 21st, covering the week ending…

Apr 24, 2020

COVID and ‘excess deaths’ in the week ending April 10th

Apr 24, 2020

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Does Covid raise everyone’s relative risk of dying by a similar amount? More evidence.

In a popular blog published on March 21st (which seems a lifetime ago), I argued that the estimated mortality rate of people whilst…

Apr 11, 2020

Does Covid raise everyone’s relative risk of dying by a similar amount? More evidence.

Apr 11, 2020

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How much ‘normal’ risk does Covid represent?

An article by Nick Triggle on BBC Online raises the issue of whether many deaths from COVID-19 would have occurred anyway as part of the…

Mar 21, 2020

How much ‘normal’ risk does Covid represent?

Mar 21, 2020

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Communication about Coronavirus

There’s been some dire headlines about the current outbreak , such as ‘Virus Panic’ from the Daily Mirror last week, featuring one woman…

Mar 2, 2020

Communication about Coronavirus

Mar 2, 2020

David Spiegelhalter

David Spiegelhalter

Statistician, communicator about evidence, risk, probability, chance, uncertainty, etc. Chair, Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, Cambridge.

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