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Tag Archives: COVID-19
The current COVID Delta wave
The graph below summarizes the COVID-19 situation as of yesterday (19 August 2021) for a selection of countries of interest to me. Confirmed case numbers have been rising in all these countries except the Netherlands (where case numbers have dropped … Continue reading
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Tagged case fatality rates, cases per million, confirmed cases, coronavirus, COVID-19, deaths, delta variant
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Vaccination and the COVID Delta variant
The COVID Delta variant (B.1.617.2), which started spreading widely in India last October, is highly transmissible and might cause more severe illness and hence death. It has spread to many countries and is now the dominant strain in the UK. … Continue reading
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Tagged AstraZenica, Australia, B.1.617.2, coronavirus, COVID B.1.617.2, COVID-19, delta variant, Moderna, mRNA, Pfizer, Switzerland, vaccine
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Excess mortality in the USA and its causes 2000 – 2020
Sam Preston and Yana Vierboom published a short paper in April which showed that Americans die at higher rates than Europeans and this translated into roughly 400,000 additional deaths in 2017 that would not have occurred if the USA had … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus mortality, COVID-19, drug overdose, Europe, excess deaths in USA, HMD, homicide, Human Mortality Database, life expectancy trends, obesity, pandemic, Preston, Preston and Vierboom, suicide, underinsured, uninsured, universal health insurance, USA, Vierboom
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New estimates of total global COVID-19 deaths from IHME
A few days ago, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) released estimates of total COVID-19 deaths for countries based on comparisons of total deaths from all causes during the pandemic period with the expected total deaths based on … Continue reading
Switzerland: COVID-19 situation and vaccine rollout
Switzerland has fully vaccinated 8% of the population, somewhat ahead of France and Germany and some other EU countries (see first figure). For some reason, the percent of people who have received at least one vaccine is no higher than … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, country comparisons, COVID-19, COVID-19 deaths, new cases, Switzerland, vaccination
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What are the risks of the AstraZeneca vaccine?
Currently, several EU countries are suspending use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, or recommending it not be used in various younger age groups, due to reports of blood clot risks. Australia has decided to delay rollout of vaccination for younger adults … Continue reading
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Tagged AstraZeneca, blood clot, coronavirus, COVID-19, risk, safety, thrombosis, vaccine
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A Covid Performance Index for countries
An Australian think-tank, the Lowy Institute has produced a Covid Performance Index and used it to examine the impact of geography, political systems, economic development and population size on the Covid-19 outcomes around the world. The COVID Performance Index compiled … Continue reading
Are the Lancet authorship criteria adequate?
In May, the Lancet published a peer-reviewed study claiming to analyse data from nearly 15,000 patients who had received the drug hydroxychloroquine for treatment of Covid-19. The study concluded that patients who received the drug were dying at a higher … Continue reading
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic
Today, I took another look at the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic using data on confirmed cases downloaded from the Johns Hopkins University CCSE data repository. This post focuses mostly on western European countries, with a few others like … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, confirmed case rates, coronavirus, country comparisons, COVID-19, pandemic, Switzerland, USA
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An update on coronavirus in Geneva and Victoria
Switzerland currently bans entry from countries with more than 60 new infections per 100,000 population in the last 14 days. Geneva passed that threshold on 27th July, and passed 100 new cases per 100,000 on 1 August. So if Geneva … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, confirmed case rates, coronavirus, COVID-19, Geneva, Switzerland, Victoria
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