Using a robust statistical model, researchers estimate that coronavirus vaccines had prevented 140,000 deaths by May 9, 2021.
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COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing across the US. Testing has ramped up over the past few months, but increasing hospitalizations, deaths and test-positivity rates show that the virus is out of control.
Health statisticians keep careful tabs on how many people die every week. Based on what’s happened in past years, they know what to expect – but 2020 death counts are surging beyond predictions.
It’s hard to make international comparisons of the COVID death rates in individual countries, but a new approach is giving scientists better data to work with.
Health statisticians keep careful tabs on how many people die every week. Based on what’s happened in past years, they know what to expect – but 2020 death counts are surging beyond predictions.
The COVID-19 death toll in the US is now over 130,000. What do 130,000 fatalities look like? A biostatistician provides some perspective.
An easy question, but a difficult answer.
Unlike those who died during the Vietnam War, those who perish during the current pandemic are unlikely to receive a national memorial. Perhaps they should.
The number of lives that would be lost from COVID-19 if the restrictions ended far exceed the number of extra deaths expected from recession if it continued.
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Professor of Statistics and Interim Dean, College of Science, Virginia Tech
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Research Fellow at the Epworth Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics, The Open University
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Research Fellow, Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Health Geography, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor in Economics, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Population Geography, University of Liverpool
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Research Fellow, Social And Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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Lecturer in History, California State University San Marcos
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer of Economics, University of Sydney
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University of Manchester
