Category Archives: coronavirus

The Long COVID Survivor Corps ( a social media success)

Posted on May 27, 2022 by henry tapper

  http://www.covidactuaries.org By Gordon Woo for COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Summary There is intrinsic uncertainty in associating a deterioration of health with an illness suffered months earlier. Where the prevalence of an illness is on … Continue reading →

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A ghoulish weekly Covid report – Covid-arg

Posted on October 31, 2021 by henry tapper

                                                                                                       Friday Report: Issue 54 http://www.covid-arg.com  By: Adele Groyer, John Roberts and Dan Ryan COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. COVID-19 is still one of the hottest topics for scientific papers and articles. The COVID‑19 Actuaries … Continue reading →

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Covid complexities – we are not all happy campers! Covid-arg weekly round-up

Posted on October 17, 2021 by henry tapper

Friday Report: Issue 53 By: John Roberts, Adele Groyer, Matt Fletcher and Nicola Oliver COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence.                                   … Continue reading →

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Australian Covid analysts revealed as kids! CovArg Friday Report (52)

Posted on October 2, 2021 by henry tapper

http://www.covid-arg.com Friday Report: Issue 52 By : John Roberts, Adele Groyer, Matt Fletcher & Dan Ryan COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. COVID-19 is still one of the hottest topics for scientific papers and articles. The COVID … Continue reading →

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ONS finds those not wearing masks 50% more at risk from Covid

Posted on September 28, 2021 by henry tapper

Thanks to the indefatigable John Roberts. Keep up the good work and be careful of that Zider! An interesting release by ONS today on the characteristics of people testing positive recently. One noteworthy finding is that those who don’t wear … Continue reading →

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Is Covid waning (or just the antibodies?) ; Covid Actuaries’ 50th report

Posted on September 5, 2021 by henry tapper

                                                                                                      http://www.covid-arg.com Friday Report: Issue 50 By: John Roberts, Matt Fletcher & Adele Groyer COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. COVID-19 is still one of the hottest topics for scientific papers and articles. The COVID‑19 Actuaries … Continue reading →

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5 ways to stay happy on a lockdown Saturday morning!

Posted on January 16, 2021 by henry tapper

I have good reason to feel sorry for myself this morning, but I am not sorry for myself – I am in an extremely good news for the following five reasons I am listening to Aggers and Tuffers on test … Continue reading →

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We’re racing time – let’s ride this second wave to safety!

Posted on January 6, 2021 by henry tapper

Taking with my son yesterday, he mentioned that for first time since the return of the Italian ski set back in March 2020, that the pandemic was impacting  young middle class people in South West London. He mentioned various friends … Continue reading →

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If you’re planning a new year’s party – listen to your mom

Posted on December 30, 2020 by henry tapper

I’ve said it before on this blog,  Paul Lewis has an unerring knack of saying the right thing at the right time, even when what he says is not strictly accurate. Right now he is being criticized on social media … Continue reading →

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We can’t cancel Christmas when it’s in our hearts!

Posted on December 20, 2020 by henry tapper

Saturday 19th December – the low point of the pandemic so far. Trouble had been brewing all week. You sensed that politicians (especially Boris Johnson) were in denial, but the case numbers spoke a different truth, something ugly was happening … Continue reading →

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