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During the pandemic I have seen lots of evidence to support Bartlett's claim"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function".Watching the counts of

If I’d been wrong as often as most of this lot, I’d probably keep my head down.“...SARS-Cov-2 virus in the UK has become demonstrably less fatal than seasonal influenza viruses.”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9507449/Scien

A short thread on vaccination data:Rate of vaccination is starting to pick up again after a dip earlier in April.It's still majority second doses being given to keep pace with

A short thread on variants.There are a number of cases of variants of concern (VOC) and variants under investigation (VUI) in the UK.Here I will focus on just four of

A short on school-age cases.Firstly to say testing has changed dramatically over the last 6 weeks.Lateral flow tests shot up prior to the return to schools stayed level for a

A short thread on herd immunity.Herd immunity is an incredibly important concept. It suggests diseases can be eliminated without everyone having immunity. If you want to eliminate an established disease

It occurred to me recently that this whole "Flattern the curve" mantra that we all bought into at the start of the outbreak was a complete crock of shit. The

I wrote an article about the UK being "over the peak" and what this means. https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-the-uk-could-well-be-over-the-peak-136757I thought I'd summarise why this isn't universally good news in a thread.1/n

As epidemiology seems to be taking over the news I thought I’d provide a little glossary of phrases that are appearing in the media in the context of the #COVID-19