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Matt Fletcher

Apr 24, 2020

The Friday Report - Issue 4

Issue four of the Friday Report rounds up some of the COVID-19 medical or modelling papers we've read recently.

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Mortality Rates Tell True Tale of Coronavirus’s Effect

Stuart McDonald

Apr 21, 2020

Mortality Rates Tell True Tale of Coronavirus’s Effect

Stuart spoke to the WSJ on excess deaths and the extent to which COVID-19 is killing those who weren't already near the end of life

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Will Health Insurers be the Unlikely Winners?

Adrian Baskir

Apr 18, 2020

Will Health Insurers be the Unlikely Winners?

Adrian Baskir examines the impact of the pandemic on the Health Insurance industry.

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Matt Fletcher

Apr 16, 2020

The Friday Report - Issue 3

The Friday Report is a curated list of the key papers and articles that we’ve looked at recently.

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Balancing lives saved with the economic costs

Peter Tompkins

Apr 15, 2020

Balancing lives saved with the economic costs

We question the conclusion of a paper suggesting the life expectancy impact of lockdown could be greater than an unmitigated COVID outbreak.

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Risk, uncertainty, psychology and judgement

Tan Suee Chieh

Apr 15, 2020

Risk, uncertainty, psychology and judgement

Tan Suee Chieh, President Elect of IFoA, spoke to 600 actuaries in South East Asia on COVID-19 Risk, Uncertainty, Psychology and Judgement.

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Matt Fletcher

Apr 13, 2020

Interpreting the Death Data

Around half of deaths from COVID-19 across many countries have been in care homes.

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Healthcare Infrastructure - The Challenges

Nicola Oliver

Apr 10, 2020

Healthcare Infrastructure - The Challenges

Healthcare capacity will influence the severity of the pandemic. Too few beds or staff will result in more deaths. Can the NHS meet demand?

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Let's dispel the myth that coronavirus victims were all at death's door

Stuart McDonald

Apr 10, 2020

Let's dispel the myth that coronavirus victims were all at death's door

There has been an inaccurate narrative over recent days that the majority of Covid-19 deaths were people who were 'at death's door'.

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Matt Fletcher

Apr 8, 2020

The Friday Report - Issue 2

A selection of Covid-19 news in the week leading up to 9 April 2020.

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Are COVID-19 Victims Already "on Death Row"?

Matthew Edwards

Apr 6, 2020

Are COVID-19 Victims Already "on Death Row"?

The contention that the majority of this year’s COVID-19 victims would have died this year absent the coronavirus is incorrect.

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Matthew Edwards

Apr 6, 2020

COVID-19 - A Call to Arms

Looking for actuaries willing to roll up their sleeves and get involved with modelling and data analysis.

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COVID-19 - EXCEPTIONAL VOLUNTEER RESPONSE!

Gary McInally

Apr 6, 2020

COVID-19 - EXCEPTIONAL VOLUNTEER RESPONSE!

Actuaries respond to "call to arms" - offering services for technical challenges responding to Covid-19.

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Are the Majority of COVID-19 Victims "at Deaths Door?"

Stuart McDonald

Apr 4, 2020

Are the Majority of COVID-19 Victims "at Deaths Door?"

Were the majority of COVID-19 victims "at death's door"?

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Nicola Oliver

Apr 2, 2020

The Friday Report - Issue 1

The Friday Report provides a curated list of the key papers and articles that we’ve looked at recently.

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COVID-19 in numbers: ten times worse than seasonal influenza?

Matthew Edwards

Apr 1, 2020

COVID-19 in numbers: ten times worse than seasonal influenza?

Based on Italian data, we conclude that COVID-19 is five to ten times more lethal than normal seasonal influenza for ages 50 and above.

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Joseph Lu

Mar 31, 2020

Modelling and the COVID-19 Pandemic

We highlight examples of how mathematical modelling has contributed to understanding and intervening in "the health crisis of a generation".

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Adrian Pinington

Mar 29, 2020

Suppression vs Mitigation

The rationale underlying each of the two main strategic responses to the rapidly emerging COVID-19 epidemic – suppression vs mitigation.

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Matt Fletcher

Mar 29, 2020

The UK is not like China!

Analysis of a recent paper for Bulletin 4 suggests that the comparison to China is not valid, irresponsible and potentially dangerous.

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Nicola Oliver

Mar 26, 2020

What is a Coronavirus?

What is a corona-virus and why are we so worried?

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