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A lot of people are asking how "backward tracing" is any different to standard contact tracing.It’s not obvious, but there are major differences, and it’s one of the factors cited
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NEW: one day after we highlighted missing pillar 2 cases, PHE has published full data (both pillars) on new cases in English local areas (as of 10 days ago)Here are
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NEW with @AndyBounds, @sarahnev & @Laura_K_Hughes:The UK government’s published numbers of new cases at local authority level only include pillar 1 and *not* pillar 2 cases, meaning as many as
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Today we reported on a new @YouGov survey which paints a stark picture of racism in modern Britain.Far from being an occasional, small or indirect issue, a majority of *all*
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NEW with @wwftuk:An exploration of the factors that have led ethnic minorities to be harder hit by Covid than the white population in the UKStory: https://www.ft.com/content/aaa2c3cd-eea6-4cfa-a918-9eb7d1c230f4Thread of charts and other
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ICYMI: last week we published two stories on what science tells us about how to minimise risk to you & others as economies reopen.(https://www.ft.com/content/2418ff87-1d41-41b5-b638-38f5164a2e94 &https://www.ft.com/content/202a6f8a-
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Good morning Twitter, time for a quick Saturday experiment:Answer the question below, and only *then* read the subsequent tweet for context."Next Wednesday's meeting has been moved forward two days. What
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NEW: we’ve updated our excess mortality tracker, the gold-standard measure for Covid deaths, allowing like-for-like comparisons btwn countriesUK had 50,000 more deaths than usual in March & April vs 27,000
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NEW: great story from @alekswis & @BillyEhrenberg shows Britons sharply reduced activity during early phase of lockdown (and indeed pre-empted govt reccs), but in recent weeks activity levels have been
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NEW: Sat 2 May update of coronavirus trajectoriesDaily deaths• Brazil, Russia, India • UK falling • US may have peaked, but is now plateauing• All descents slower than ascents• Successes
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NEW: a lot of data on reported Covid deaths is highly suspect, so we’ve been looking into excess mortality — how many more people than usual have been dying around
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NEW: Sat 25 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesDaily deaths• Brazil • Still too early to say if US has peaked• Looks like UK has• But descents look much slower than
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