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Jun 3, 2020

Facemasks for Public Use

Facemasks are recommended or mandated in many countries, but the UK has remained ambivalent. The evidence suggests masks reduce transmission

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Mortality Impacts of the Pandemic - Future Investigations

Andrew Gaches

Jun 2, 2020

Mortality Impacts of the Pandemic - Future Investigations

We explore the question of mortality from the perspective of how best to use data once we are ‘post-pandemic’.

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Joseph Lu

May 31, 2020

How does COVID-19 affect the economy?

The pandemic has killed many: is the economy next on the list?

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Matt Fletcher

May 28, 2020

The Friday Report - Issue 9

ECDC baselines | Impact of COVID on people with long-term conditions | Remdesivir | Cluster settings | Nursing homes and COVID-10

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Mortality Impacts of the Pandemic - Survivor Mortality

Matthew Edwards

May 26, 2020

Mortality Impacts of the Pandemic - Survivor Mortality

Ignoring for now other aspects, the overall mortality of the post-pandemic ‘survivor pool’ will be lighter than pre-pandemic mortality.

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Matt Fletcher

May 21, 2020

The Friday Report - Issue 8

Issue 8 of the Friday report looks at IFR, Intervention effectiveness, higher age mortality, Phase 1 results of mRNA vaccine and therapies

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Zoe Harcombe

May 21, 2020

ANXIETY AND THE POWER OF NOW

Zoe Harcombe looks at the definition of generalised anxiety disorder and posits that anxiety about COVID-19 is a natural response.

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Stanford's Contrasting Fatality Estimates

Matthew Edwards

May 21, 2020

Stanford's Contrasting Fatality Estimates

Getting to a reliable estimate of IFR is important for driving intervention policy. 1% for global IFR looks fair absent improved treatment,

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Development of the Pandemic in the UK and Similar Countries - Update

Chris Daykin

May 20, 2020

Development of the Pandemic in the UK and Similar Countries - Update

Updated international comparisons. Excess mortality in the UK so far this year and how it seems to relate to COVID-19. Mortality by Age.

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'A tale of two Covids' - South Africa and the UK

Louis Rossouw

May 19, 2020

'A tale of two Covids' - South Africa and the UK

A comparison of how the pandemic is unfolding in South Africa and the UK. There are similarities and differences.

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Testing to contain the second wave threat

Gordon Woo

May 17, 2020

Testing to contain the second wave threat

Asymptomatic transmission means that containment using just self-isolation fails. Mass testing, contact tracing, quarantine is also needed.

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Tackling COVID-19 Through Electronic Health Records

Dan Ryan

May 12, 2020

Tackling COVID-19 Through Electronic Health Records

Over the last 6 weeks, CPRD approved 9 cohort studies from leading research institutions to investigate many aspects of our COVID-19 battle

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Matt Fletcher

May 7, 2020

The Friday Report - Issue 6

The Friday Report Issue 6 gives a curated summary of recent papers we have read on COVID-19

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Matthew Edwards

May 6, 2020

The Co-Morbidity Question

Would the majority of COVID-19 victims have died this year anyway, as some have suggested? Matthew Edwards and Stuart McDonald investigate.

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Nicola Oliver

May 6, 2020

Vaccines and antivirals

An overview of potential vaccine candidates as well as other pharma approaches such as antiviral drugs.

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Dermot Grenham

May 4, 2020

COVID-19 - An African Perspective

In this Bulletin Dermot Grenham presents an African perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic so far.

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Andrew Gaches

Apr 30, 2020

The Friday Report - Issue 5

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Matthew Edwards

Apr 30, 2020

Risk factors for COVID-19

Little ‘multivariate’ analysis has been done to quantify the effect of COVID-19 risk factor. Here Matthew delves into these risk factors.

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Development of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK and similar countries

Chris Daykin

Apr 27, 2020

Development of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK and similar countries

This bulletin adjusts for population sizes and the dates when infections began and then compares UK to similar countries.

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Joseph Lu

Apr 27, 2020

How COVID-19 Kills

Macrophages fuel inflammation and can damage normal lung cells as well. The release of those cytokines is known as a cytokine storm.

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