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With such a flood of information available, it is vital to understand the data behind the news. This week @davidfinchRF published a blog on understanding the data about COVID-19 related deaths. https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/blogs/understanding-the-data-about-covid-19-related-deaths
Using @ONS data, we showed that for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, there have been more deaths from any cause in care homes than in the community. Read @SarahDeeny's commentary https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/news/more-deaths-in-care-homes-than-in-the-community and my #rstats
code https://github.com/HFAnalyticsLab/COVID19_ONS_mortality
code https://github.com/HFAnalyticsLab/COVID19_ONS_mortality
In the same repo you can also find @NadyaMihaylova’s code showing that weekly deaths are substantially higher than in the same period over the past five years. https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/charts-and-infographics/weekly-deaths-are-significantly-higher-than-in-the-same-period
Given the importance of transparency and openness to building a robust understanding of the data, we are working to make all our code open. We want you to know how the results from our analysis were generated and welcome questions and comments on our methods. #openanalytics
