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…
Brian TarranSeptember 29, 2021
Misinterpreting statistical anomalies and risk assessment when analysing Covid-19 deaths by ethnicity
Bigstockphoto/Andreajk3Imagine there is a country called Bayesland that is divided into two distinct geographical areas…
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
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
The US economy: Trump or trend?
Photo by History in HD on UnsplashAt the 2020 Republican National Convention, Assistant to the…
James J. CochranOctober 14, 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
Off the “radar”? Here are some alternatives
grebeshkovmaxim/Bigstockphoto.comRadar charts, also called web charts, spider charts or star charts, are often used to…
Alexandre Morin-ChasséSeptember 24, 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
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
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 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…
Reema PatelMay 20, 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
Nightingale and the coronavirus pandemic: disease prevention, parallels and principles
An imaginary drawing of Florence Nightingale nursing in Scutari, by her sister Parthenope. Photographed at…
Lynn McDonaldApril 30, 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
Visualising the pandemic: interviews with data journalists covering Covid-19
Photo by Brian McGowan on UnsplashIn many parts of the world, the outcome of the…
Andrew GarthwaiteApril 21, 2020
