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Forecast error: 2020 US presidential election predictors

Photo by Clay Banks on UnsplashEarly in 2020 the 45th President of the United States…

Timothy Martyn HillJuly 28, 2021

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We need a randomized study of the UK’s decision to defer second doses of the mRNA vaccine

Photo by John Cameron on UnsplashJust a few days before the UK began its roll-out…

Sheila M. BirdFebruary 11, 2021

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Forecast error: POTUS 2020

Photo by Tiffany Tertipes on UnsplashAn election to the office of President of the United…

Timothy Martyn HillOctober 27, 2020

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College sports and Covid-19. It’s complicated

Photo by Riley McCullough on UnsplashUniversities around the United States are struggling to deliver their…

Sheldon H. JacobsonOctober 1, 2020

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A perspective on real-time epidemic surveillance for Covid-19

United Nations COVID-19 ResponseEffective, real-time surveillance is key to the management of the Covid-19 pandemic.…

Peter J. Diggle and Sylvia RichardsonSeptember 30, 2020

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Angela Saini, Stats + Stories, and more: Significance at RSS 2020

We are just over two weeks away from RSS 2020, the Royal Statistical Society’s first…

Brian TarranAugust 20, 2020

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Lethality of Covid-19 in Great Britain over 12 registration weeks

Photo by Colin D on UnsplashExcess deaths – the number of those dying above the…

Sheila M. Bird and Bent NielsenAugust 4, 2020

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Covid-19 through the lens of the peer-reviewed literature: January to May 2020

Photo by Lysander Yuen on UnsplashAs medical students and budding clinical academics, we have been…

Samuel R. Neal and Cindy ZhengJune 9, 2020

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A confluence of acute and chronic diseases: Risk factors among Covid-19 patients

Photo by De an Sun on UnsplashCovid-19 is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by…

TarekMay 27, 2020

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Science in the face of Covid-19: faster, better, stronger?

Photo by Tedward Quinn on UnsplashOn 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared…

Simon Schwab and Leonhard HeldMay 8, 2020

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To infer or not to infer: the UK’s inadequate public disclosure of Covid-19 swab test results

The World Health Organization asks governments to consider two questions when carrying out risk assessments…

Sheila M. BirdMay 5, 2020

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Covid-19 data: To age or not to age; to date or not to date?

Pandemic swine-flu, which emerged from Mexico in spring 2009, was a wild thing but a…

Sheila M. BirdApril 22, 2020

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Some comparisons between Italy and the UK for Covid-19: March to April 2020

Photo by KOBU Agency on UnsplashWith the rapid global spread of Covid-19 in recent weeks,…

Giovanni Sebastiani, Julian Stander and Mario Cortina BorjaApril 21, 2020

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A history of the census: an interview with author Andrew Whitby

Welcome to another instalment of Significance magazine’s new “In conversation with…” series of audio interviews.…

Brian TarranApril 6, 2020

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Why 2020 is a “magic year”

Photo by Evie S. on UnsplashLet me tell you something: 2020 is a magic year.…

Alan JacksonJanuary 16, 2020

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The ambitions – and challenges – of the 2020 Census: An interview with John Thompson

Tuesday 9 May was a busy news day. In the space of a few hours,…

Brian TarranJuly 19, 2017

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Higher pay, lower income: the National Living Wage and benefit cuts

The introduction of a “National Living Wage (NLW)” at the beginning of this month marks…

Donald HirschApril 19, 2016