Tag Archives: Covid-19
A WEEK IN LOCKDOWN – Covid-19 ARG on science – and actuarial fun!
Saturday Report By Matt Fletcher, Nicola Oliver and John Roberts COVID-ARG.COM 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
Current UK hospital bed capacity
By Nicola Oliver COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. … Continue reading
At last – some positive numbers on UK infection rates
On day one of lockdown, it is good to bring you, via the Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group a generally positive set of numbers (unless you are reading this in Cornwall). The latest update on England admissions and deaths … Continue reading
Don’t let this bastard virus get you down!
Boris Johnson insisted on Saturday he had no choice but to impose a second national lockdown to save tens of thousands of lives in the second wave of coronavirus. From one minute past midnight on Thursday, the whole of England … Continue reading
The Monthly medical update from COVID-10.arg
COVID-ARG.COM Monthly medical update – Issue 4 30 October 2020 By Nicola Oliver and Dan Ryan … Continue reading
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Tagged antibody, Covid-19, Dan Ryan, Long Covid, Nicola Oliver, Trial, Vaccine
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The risks of social isolation (Matthew Edwards)
COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Covid-arg.com Summary Responses to the pandemic continue to involve … Continue reading
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Tagged #covid19, Covid-19, elderly, Government, isolation, mental health, well-being
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Hospital Admissions Statistics – A fair representation of the true position?
COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Covid-arg.com Introduction The UK Government provides, as part of its coronavirus dashboard, daily information on hospital admissions where the patient has tested positive for COVID-19. We believe this measure … Continue reading
Should you trust your COVID test? An actuarial look at the evidence
COVID-19 testing – False Positives: Misleading Results or False Narratives? COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. COVID-19 case numbers in the UK have been increasing significantly in recent weeks. There has been a lot of discussion … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, false negative, false positive, Matt Fletcher
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Super-spreading the pandemic
By James Sharpe for COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. … Continue reading
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Tagged @actuarybyday, actuaries, Actuaries Response Group, Covid-19, James Sharpe, super-spreader
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