10 women statisticians and data scientists who helped us understand Covid-19
Effective communication was vital during the pandemic, and expert voices were needed to help the…
Elpida VounzoulakiSeptember 30, 2022
A call for contributions on Covid-19: looking back and looking forward
We are now more than 18 months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to the contributions…
The results are in from the Tokyo Olympics: Athletes 1, Covid 0
Photo by K. K. Yam Amot on UnsplashLeading up to the Tokyo Olympics, there was…
Ray StefaniSeptember 7, 2021
Using Zipf’s law to help understand Covid-19
Photo by Glen Carrie on UnsplashThe Covid-19 pandemic is a rapidly moving challenge. As countries…
Debra M. Boka, Paul Velleman and Howard WainerMarch 18, 2021
Covid-19 tweets analysis for human emotion detection
Photo by visuals on UnsplashSocial media is a place for people to share their feelings,…
Md Yasin Kabir and Sanjay MadriaMarch 18, 2021
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
Vaccine rollouts, school testing and contact tracing could all be improved – here’s how
Photo by Steven Cornfield on UnsplashA bitter lesson of the past month is that viruses…
Sylvia RichardsonFebruary 8, 2021
Controlling the spread of coronavirus via repeat testing and isolation
Photo by Jakayla Toney on UnsplashWhat to do about Covid? With nearly 60 million cases…
Joseph T. Chang and Edward H. KaplanNovember 25, 2020
The evolution of the endemic stage of the Covid-19 outbreak in Italy during summer 2020
Photo by Gabriella Clare Marino on UnsplashItaly was the first European country to suffer a…
Robbayes-C19November 5, 2020
Returning to schools and universities in the time of coronavirus: some statistical suggestions
Pupils returned to school in England, Wales and Northern Ireland after the summer break mainly…
Giovanni Sebastiani and Julian StanderOctober 7, 2020
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
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
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
Covid-19 deaths: How are gender, age and underlying health condition related?
Much has been said about the demographic trends of Covid-19. It has been widely reported…
James JacksonJuly 27, 2020
Leicester makes history in testing times
Photo by Geoffrey HaywardLeicester made demographic history as the first city in England where the…
Sheila M. BirdJuly 23, 2020
Undercounting mortality in the Covid-19 pandemic
Photo by Edwin Hooper on UnsplashThis comment concerns the most common reasons mortality has been…
B. Piedad UrdinolaJuly 10, 2020
Visualizing the Covid-19 pandemic with doubling rates
Artwork by Bosny (bosnyart.com)As the popularity of coronavirus data visualizations increases, so does the risk…
Luke Anderson-Trocmé and Sahir BhatnagarJuly 10, 2020
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
Robust Bayesian modelling for Covid-19 data in Italy
mazzzur/BigstockphotoOn 21 February 2020, the first person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus responsible for…
Robbayes-C19June 2, 2020
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
