Tag Archives: COVID 19
Progress towards immunization; Covid-ARG’s weekend report
http://www.covid-arg.com Friday Report: Issue 48 By: Matt Fletcher, Adele Groyer & 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 … Continue reading
The actuaries guide to face mask protection.
By Gordon Woo for Covid-arg.com COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Summary When the wearing of face coverings in shops became mandatory in UK on 24 July 2020, there was no specific requirement other than coverage of … Continue reading
keep on keeping on! – advise the Covid Actuaries Research Group
Covid lessons for the UK from Taiwan and South Korea-Gordon Woo
First Published at Covid-19 ARG here
C19 actuaries report “very encouraging results”
http://www.covid-arg.com Weekly bulletin #42 By: John Roberts & 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 Response Group provides … Continue reading
Better testing needed for a COVID-19 exit strategy – “data not dates” from Gordon Woo
COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Covid-arg.com Summary Vaccines alone cannot resolve the COVID-19 crisis. We need to follow the virus, not just the disease: this requires a fully functioning NHS Testing and Tracing system … Continue reading
The week’s Covid news includes the first haggis in space
Friday Report: Issue 35 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 Group provides … Continue reading
Vaccines; acceptance and effectiveness
By Nicola Oliver and Josephine Robertson COVID-ARG.COM COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Summary Around the globe we are seeing the delivery of vaccinations, in some countries … Continue reading
The NHS is at peak capacity – read the data on ICUs and staffing
This excellent thread is required reading, read to the tenth and final tweet to understand the threat to the NHS and patients, from misinformation. Sitrep: situation report. This is what we call our daily briefings right now. Here’s mine. We … Continue reading
Stay safe everyone – this is it.
Here’s the graphical evidence that we are now in uncharted times. Our estimate of R, based on admissions, is still around 1.3, with no indication yet of it lessening. It’s too early yet to judge whether the latest lockdown is … Continue reading