Category Archives: coronavirus
What’s going on in our hospitals? – Stuart McDonald dives into the latest data.
Stuart McDonald is lucid, generous and understands how to use social media. He has kept his powder dry over the safer months of summer, but now the winter chill is upon us, he is back turning data into the insights … Continue reading
C19 actuaries 23rd weekly report (snaking all over)
The Weekend Report – Issue 23 By Matthew Fletcher, Nicola Oliver and John Roberts 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 Response … Continue reading
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COVID-19 actuaries bulletin (as the second wave hits)
The Friday Report – Issue 22 … Continue reading
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Can Government put social freedom back in the bottle?
LATEST: All social gatherings of more than 6 people will be banned in England under new Covid-19 limits to be announced tomorrow by PM Boris Johnson. The police will have new powers to disperse and fine any group larger than … Continue reading
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Covid-19 actuaries give us their monthly medical update
There is emerging evidence that those who have previously been confirmed positive for COVD-19 may not develop a sustained antibody response and are susceptible to reinfection. Continue reading
They don’t do plagues like they used to
“Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”. Hobbes described the natural state of mankind in Leviathan and we would do well to remember that we never had a plague so good. Continue reading
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Has our attitude to wealth changed with Covid or with Brexit?
COVID may be the excuse, but the political swing occasioned by Brexit is what may drive change. Continue reading
The COVID-19 Actuaries 20th Friday report (thanks Nicola, Stuart and Dan)
If the thought of a second lockdown is stressing you, then perhaps have a go at ‘scream therapy’. Iceland is marketing itself as the perfect place to let your frustrations out and is offering interested parties to let off steam by recording their screams and having them played over a loudspeaker in a remote part of the country. Continue reading
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Friday report from the COVID-19 actuaries: – includes “surviving quarantine”
The Friday Report – Issue 19 By Matt Fletcher, Nicola Oliver and John Roberts 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 Response … Continue reading
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