A more transparent way to estimate and report daily Covid-19 deaths
Photo by Hello I'm Nik 🎞 on Unsplash“How many people have died in recent days…
Oliver Stoner and Theo EconomouMay 27, 2020
Removing the pump handle: Stewarding data at times of public health emergency
John Snow memorial in Broadwick Street, London. Photo by Justinc, sourced from WikipediaThere is a…
Comparing and assessing Covid-19 tests
Image created by Russell TateThis article explores what people mean when they talk about testing…
Nathan GreenMay 19, 2020
The many definitions of a Covid-19 death toll
Photo by Dan Burton on UnsplashThis note considers the different measures of the death toll…
Simon BriscoeMay 13, 2020
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
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
Now more than ever, African governments need reliable data
Community surveillance in times of Covid-19: A TB Reach health worker in Tanzania visits a…
Sandra Alba, Christina Mergenthaler and Roland KielmanApril 30, 2020
Bayes’ theorem and Covid-19 testing
Photo by Graham Ruttan on UnsplashI’m writing this article from the country with more confirmed…
Michael A. LewisApril 22, 2020
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
Pandemic influenza and Covid–19: Geographical velocity and control
Photo by Juan Cruz Mountford on UnsplashOn 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Matthew Smallman-Raynor and Andrew CliffApril 22, 2020
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,…
A statistician’s guide to coronavirus numbers
Photo by Isaac Quesada on UnsplashThe Royal Statistical Society’s Statistical Ambassadors have collated an essential…
RSS Statistical AmbassadorsApril 9, 2020
How many people are infected with Covid-19?
Photo by Zhang Kenny on UnsplashIn order to answer the most pressing questions we have…
Tarak ShahApril 9, 2020
How do epidemiologists know how many people will get Covid-19?
How many people are infected now with the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2? How many will be…
Patrick BallApril 9, 2020
Covid-19 index of articles
At this time of pandemic, the news media is flooded with reports of coronavirus cases,…
Brian TarranApril 9, 2020
