Bulletins

All Posts
Bulletins
Medical
Friday Reports
Media
Blogs
Updates

John Roberts

a day ago

Friday Report - Issue 34

Our regular Friday update with a summary of the key papers and articles that we’ve looked at recently.

542 views

Estimating up-to-date COVID-19 incidence

Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard

3 days ago

Estimating up-to-date COVID-19 incidence

COVID-19 Tracker seeks to help improve and tailor measures to impede transmission of the virus, aiming to be as real-time as possible.

680 views

Chris Daykin

5 days ago

Reporting COVID-19 Cases

Reporting only on case numbers can mislead due to lack of comparison against test numbers. We should consider the ratio of cases to tests.

274 views

Nicola Oliver

Jan 15

Friday Report - Issue 33

Our regular Friday update with a summary of the key papers and articles that we’ve looked at recently.

526 views

John Roberts

Jan 11

How Soon to See the Vaccine's Benefits?

The impact of vaccinations will be most evident in hospitalisations (from mid-Feb) and deaths from early March.

4,897 views

Dan Ryan

Jan 8

The Friday Report - Issue 32

Our regular Friday update with a summary of the key papers and articles that we’ve looked at recently

296 views

'Vaccinogistics’ - the logistics of roll-out

Adrian Baskir

Jan 8

'Vaccinogistics’ - the logistics of roll-out

How can we roll-out the vaccines quickly enough to beat the virus? The global distribution will be fraught with logistical challenges.

264 views

Louis Rossouw

Dec 20, 2020

A tale of two variants

This bulletin discusses the emergence of two new variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK and South Africa

193 views

Matt Fletcher

Dec 10, 2020

The Friday Report - Issue 31

Updates on new papers, treatments, vaccines and data related to COVID-19.

74 views

Second wave non-pharmaceutical intervention responses

John Roberts

Dec 10, 2020

Second wave non-pharmaceutical intervention responses

Bulletin 89 | By John Roberts Over the last couple of months there have been different approaches adopted by the four nations within the ...

57 views

stephenkramer3

Dec 9, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 and Seasonal Flu

Stephen Kramer considers the interaction between COVID-19 and seasonal flu

44 views

Stuart McDonald

Dec 7, 2020

Vaccine Priorities

Nine groups have been prioritised for vaccines in the UK. We consider the priority order logic, by examining deaths to date in each group.

2,484 views

Nicola Oliver

Nov 27, 2020

The Friday Report - Issue 30

Common cold Mask mandates Convalescent Plasma Long COVID Vaccines ONS reports

23 views

Are the excess deaths in 2020 just a ‘shortfall’ from 2019?

Richard Marshall

Nov 25, 2020

Are the excess deaths in 2020 just a ‘shortfall’ from 2019?

Excess deaths are materially higher than can be explained by either a change in benchmark or the effect of low winter mortality in 2018/19.

56 views

Nicola Oliver

Nov 23, 2020

Aerosols - A Summary of the Evidence

Avoid crowded spaces, close proximity to others, low ventilation environments and long durations (inter alia ...)

15 views

Gordon Woo

Nov 11, 2020

What degree of compliance do we need?

For R to fall below 1, there must be an improvement in public compliance with quarantine. This bulletin discusses containment strategies.

13 views

Nicola Oliver

Nov 5, 2020

UK hospital bed capacity

Not all nurses and doctors have the expertise to care for ICU patients. UK beds are close to capacity and the limits are inflexible.

24 views

Matthew Edwards

Oct 28, 2020

The Risks of Social Isolation

Policy responses involving isolation should compare ‘COVID mortality’ against ‘socially isolated mortality'.

11 views

Hospital admissions statistics – A fair representation of the true position?

John Roberts

Oct 27, 2020

Hospital admissions statistics – A fair representation of the true position?

A brief look at NHS hospital case reporting. Drivers of hospital admissions. Source of infections.

14 views

False Positives: Misleading Results or False Narratives?

Matt Fletcher

Oct 20, 2020

False Positives: Misleading Results or False Narratives?

UK case numbers have been increasing significantly, leading to conjecture that this may be driven by False Positives. We disagree.

20 views

{"items":["600b1baea21fb600176b8721","600725e75f189f0017b9a0de","6005508e7086860017f9a098","6001e6a5fc3a3d0017af4a4f","5ffc3505cdc61a0017d42689","5ff8afff7276c50017784581","5ff86a92175cb80017798a0f","5ff0d99524a88e0017c4f46c","5ff1c1e968dcfb0017e33ea0","5ff09787083fc0001732700e","5ff1eaccadfceb00340678c5","5fecea93946a3200177a89f4","5ff08fdce4720d00174079a1","5ff9e054f26dc60017354506","5ff1b2d835b643001798d379","5feceefa3ffac100174dfb58","5ff0b87ed4adf2001762ebc7","5ff1b12a54562300184a9110","5ff093ca5896c70017fc74f7","5fed824c101d5e0017a68736"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1.3333333333333333,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":32,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"rotatingScatter":"","chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":1,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":1,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":false,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":0,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":1,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"jsonStyleParams":"","gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":940,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"value":"rgba(0,0,0,1)"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"targetItemSize":940,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":false,"externalInfoHeight":0,"externalInfoWidth":0.5},"container":{"width":940,"galleryWidth":972,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}

2 3 4