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Important comments from statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter:
* The risk of coronavirus for the young is “staggeringly low”,
* the government’s handling of Covid-19 is “embarrassing”
Important comments from statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter:
* The risk of coronavirus for the young is “staggeringly low”,
* the government’s handling of Covid-19 is “embarrassing”
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* Gov's treatment of statistics was “not trustworthy” and amounted to “number theatre” rather than an attempt to properly inform the public.
* “collateral” deaths from the numbers not receiving NHS care they need - is almost double the normal (c. 11,000 in the last 5 wks)
* Gov's treatment of statistics was “not trustworthy” and amounted to “number theatre” rather than an attempt to properly inform the public.
* “collateral” deaths from the numbers not receiving NHS care they need - is almost double the normal (c. 11,000 in the last 5 wks)
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* people's anxiety needs to be roughly proportional to the actual risks that they face
* If we look at under 25s, there're 17 million of them in the country where we have 26 deaths recorded” equivalent to “a couple of days” of general accidents/sudden deaths
* people's anxiety needs to be roughly proportional to the actual risks that they face
* If we look at under 25s, there're 17 million of them in the country where we have 26 deaths recorded” equivalent to “a couple of days” of general accidents/sudden deaths
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* People in their 90's have 10,000 times the risk of the younger people
* Government’s attempt to communicate with the public was “completely embarrassing.”
* deaths in care homes are now running at three times the normal rate, but more than half are not Covid
* People in their 90's have 10,000 times the risk of the younger people
* Government’s attempt to communicate with the public was “completely embarrassing.”
* deaths in care homes are now running at three times the normal rate, but more than half are not Covid
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* short-term immediate deaths due to people not going to hospitals, not calling the ambulance when they're ill, and so on
* long term deaths will flow from the lack of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, elective surgery https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/10/coronavirus-risk-young-staggeringly-low-says-uks-top-statistician/
* short-term immediate deaths due to people not going to hospitals, not calling the ambulance when they're ill, and so on
* long term deaths will flow from the lack of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, elective surgery https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/10/coronavirus-risk-young-staggeringly-low-says-uks-top-statistician/
