Week 13 bar graphs 2010-20
Another academic reader of this blog sent me some bar graphs based on ONS data. The first one is all […]
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A weekly death chart colour-coded for deviations from the mean
Another blog reader send me this chart, which provides another way of looking at current and recent UK death figures […]
Read moreA historical perspective on winter deaths
Blog reader Laurence Hodge has sent me some graphs, all done with ONS excess winter deaths data. First, here’s a […]
Read moreTaking probability seriously on Covid-19
Here’s another way to think about the probability issue. Suppose you think Neil Ferguson is right, and 250 000 people […]
Read moreMore on Covid-19 and decision theory: the assumption that the lockdown will help
One other thing to say about my Covid-19 and decision theory post is that I have assumed in my toy […]
Read moreCovid-19 and decision theory: some general morals to draw
The UK government (and various other governments around the world) have decided, at least in effect, that the expected utility […]
Read moreA risk-benefit analysis primer
People are asking me on Twitter what my ‘core thesis’ is on Covid-19. I don’t really have one, but the […]
Read moreFerguson speaks
In case you can’t read it, here’s the text off the Financial Times’ recent story on Neil Ferguson, including quotes […]
Read moreThe ONS’s Covid-19 category
After talking to the ONS (by Twitter and e-mail) I’m somewhat clearer now about what they’re doing, and while it’s […]
Read moreWhat can we expect from the weeks 14 and 15 graphs?
A comment on my blog: Mr Drummond, I’ve seen your latest graphs on Twitter (which I don’t normally use […]
Read moreThe Chinese horror is their government, not their disease
The worldwide lockdowns have clearly been driven by academic panic-merchants like Neil Ferguson’s Imperial College team, and a hysterical media. […]
Read moreWeek 13 ONS graphs, still nothing
When I posted the graphs based on the ONS data for week 10, lots of people (mainly on Twitter, not […]
Read moreLatest Euromomo stats: Covid-19 visible in some countries, but no disaster, Sweden fine.
Euromomo has updated deaths stats out. They give the impression that they go up to the end of week 13 […]
Read more2018-2020 graph
Another of my readers, Laurence Hodge, has done a graph for me. This one charts deaths from 2018 to the […]
Read moreCovid-19 lockdown scepticism: bullet points
Lots of journalists are chasing me for a ‘chat’ at the moment. I learned from my time in academia that […]
Read moreUpdated graphs of … nothing much
So our indefatigable graph-makers David Clark (who does this sort of thing for a living) and Robert Watson (retired Professor) […]
Read moreSome European death graphs
I’ve been looking for the weekly or monthly Italian death stats (all deaths, not Covid-19 deaths). Looks like they are […]
Read moreSoap-opera science
Here’s a remarkable story that no-one in the media or social media has picked up on (although you can bet […]
Read moreCrowd-sourcing a Ferguson history
So there’s been a lot of talk about Neil Ferguson’s history of alarmism, including his work on BSE, foot and […]
Read moreThe graphs of nothing-much-to-see-here
[Update: For Breitbart readers I need to make it clear that 2020 respiratory deaths are actually below the five-year average. […]
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