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Covid-19: Data, data, data (as well as test, test, test)

Posted on March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 by Tim Joslin

Let me try to make a single point very briefly (for once). If you’re trying to manage an epidemic, an

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Complex decisions, Covid-19, Healthcare, NHS, Politics, Reflections
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The Covid-19 Files (5): Test for Antibodies NOW

Posted on March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by Tim Joslin

A test for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 does not have to be extremely reliable at the individual level in order to

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Complex decisions, Covid-19, Healthcare, Politics, Reflections, Uncategorized
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Covid-19: Carelessness Costs Lives

Posted on March 24, 2020March 25, 2020 by Tim Joslin

“You are stupide!! Nous sommes en guerre! Nous sommes en guerre! President Macron, slightly paraphrased. We will fight Covid-19 in

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BBC, Covid-19, Healthcare, Language, Media, NHS, Politics, Science and the media, UK, Uncategorized
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The Covid-19 Files (4): Comments on “Impact of NPIs…” Paper of 16th March

Posted on March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 by Tim Joslin

The UK’s coronavirus response, in particular the transition over the last week from a “mitigation” policy to “suppression”, has been

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The Covid-19 Files (3): Tim’s Plan

Posted on March 15, 2020March 26, 2020 by Tim Joslin

I’ve already posted some specific points I put in the form of a letter to the Prime Minister on 28th

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Covid-19: Did Whitty Mislead the Parliamentary Select Committee?

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Tim Joslin

On Friday I posted what was intended to be a short critique of the UK’s coronavirus plan. We need to

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The Covid-19 Files (2): Briefing Boris

Posted on March 14, 2020 by Tim Joslin

I just had the very depressing thought that if the opposition parties hadn’t given into Boris by allowing a General

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Brexit, Covid-19, Healthcare, Politics, UK
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Utter Madness: The UK’s Covid-19 Plan

Posted on March 12, 2020April 15, 2020 by Tim Joslin

I was anxious when I thought the government didn’t have a plan for dealing with the Covid-19 epidemic.  I was

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The Covid-19 Files (1): Tracking Cases in the UK (Email to MP)

Posted on March 11, 2020March 12, 2020 by Tim Joslin

You’re reading the very first public post to this blog, although I’ve (hopefully) migrated everything from the previous iteration of

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UK Heatwaves: What are the Global Warming Risks? (1) A Really Freak Summer

Posted on August 5, 2018June 17, 2022 by Tim Joslin

I suggested last time that 2018 could beat 1976 to the title of UK’s hottest summer ever in the whole

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