PinnedInWintonCentrebyDavid Spiegelhalter·Nov 3, 2020Getting baseline risks for case-control studiesGetting baseline risks for case-control studiesA response icon1A response icon1
David Spiegelhalter·Jan 30, 2021Top tips to statisticians communicating through the media, especially in the time of COVID-19Kevin McConway (The Open University)* and David Spiegelhalter (University of Cambridge)**A response icon2A response icon2
InWintonCentrebyDavid Spiegelhalter·Dec 4, 2020Why 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:A response icon2A response icon2
InWintonCentrebyDavid Spiegelhalter·Jun 13, 2020What have been the fatal risks of Covid, particularly to children and younger adults?SummaryA response icon8A response icon8
David Spiegelhalter·May 25, 2020Is SARS-CoV-2 viral load lower in young children than adults?Kevin McConway, ???A response icon5A response icon5
InWintonCentrebyDavid Spiegelhalter·May 13, 2020What 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…A response icon12A response icon12
InWintonCentrebyDavid Spiegelhalter·Apr 24, 2020COVID and ‘excess deaths’ in the week ending April 10thThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) released the latest data on death registrations at 9.30am on April 21st, covering the week ending…A response icon1A response icon1
InWintonCentrebyDavid Spiegelhalter·Apr 11, 2020Does 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…A response icon2A response icon2
InWintonCentrebyDavid Spiegelhalter·Mar 21, 2020How 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…A response icon32A response icon32
InWintonCentrebyDavid Spiegelhalter·Mar 2, 2020Communication about CoronavirusThere’s been some dire headlines about the current outbreak , such as ‘Virus Panic’ from the Daily Mirror last week, featuring one woman…