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Monthly Archives: May 2020
Machine learning projection model for Covid-19
Youyang Gu, an independent data scientist, has created a statistical projection model for Covid-19 (https://covid19-projections.com/) that uses machine learning techniques to fit a classical SEIR infectious disease model to the data for daily confirmed cases and deaths, taking into account … Continue reading
Posted in Global health trends, Projections
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, machine learning, pandemic, Projections, SEIR model
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Police killings in the USA
The current protests in the USA made me curious to take a look at police killing rates compared to other countries. Wikipedia summarizes available statistics for most recent years, and I did some spot checks of the primary sources. The … Continue reading
Posted in Global health trends
Tagged homicide, international comparisons, police killings, USA policing, violence
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Country progress to 9 May in controlling COVID-19 epidemics
I downloaded the latest COVID-19 data for reported deaths and confirmed cases from Johns Hopkins this morning to see whether the data supports the relaxation of social isolation that is starting to happen in many countries. The USA now has … Continue reading
Posted in Global health trends
Tagged confirmed case rates, coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic
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COVID-19 projections and reality
On 27th April, I posted some short-run projections of COVID-19 cases and deaths. The plots below show how the daily new cases per million population and deaths per million population compare with reality (at least the confirmed case rates and … Continue reading
Posted in Global health trends, Projections
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, IHME, pandemic, Projections
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