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Date

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Risk factors

2021-Jan-18

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Linked With Higher Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalization, Complications.htm

"it's important for a politician to realise what is politics and what needs to be solved by scientific means.”

2021-Mar-23

How Iceland clamped down to conquer coronavirus – BBC News.htm

Modelling risk

2021-Feb-17

Covid Extra 1.7m vulnerable added to shielding list – BBC News.htm

Vaccine Efficacy

2021-Jan-24

Behind the numbers what does it mean if a Covid vaccine has ‘90% efficacy’ _ David Spiegelhalter _ From the Observer _ The Guardian.htm

Social Distancing

2021-Jan-08

The 432-year-old manual on social distancing – BBC Future.htm

Stephen Senn on the AZ Vaccine

2021-Jan-01

Of Weighting and Waiting _ LinkedIn.htm

Death rates etc. per country over time

Ongoing

Coronavirus Pandemic Data Explorer – Our World in Data.htm

Vaccine approval 2

2020-Dec-18

Covid US approves Moderna as second vaccine – BBC News.htm

Vaccine approval 1

2020-Dec-13

Covid FDA approves Pfizer vaccine for emergency use in US – BBC News.htm

Prevalence, Geneva CH

2020-Dec-17

Épidémie de Covid à Genève – Seul un petit quart des Genevois est immunisé _ Tribune de Genève.htm

Digital contact tracing works

2020-Dec-16

Swiss Medical Weekly – Early evidence of effectiveness of digital contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2 in Switzerland.htm

Vaccine pioneer

2020-Dec-11

Waldemar Haffkine The vaccine pioneer the world forgot – BBC News.htm

Studies needed for vaccine approval

2020-Dec-11

COVID-19 vaccines studies for approval _ European Medicines Agency.htm

Learning from the past

2020-Dec-08

In the year 2410, will researchers try to figure out what exactly caused such strange epidemiological dynamics during the COVID pandemic?

Tracking

2020-Dec-07

Coronavirus Apps Show Promise but Prove a Tough Sell – The New York Times.htm

Rapid Testing Reliable?

2020-Dec-03

Scrap rapid Covid tests in England’s care homes, experts urge _ UK news _ The Guardian.htm

Vaccine: dosing

2020-Dec-03

Fortune or foresight AstraZeneca and Oxford’s stories clash on COVID-19 vaccine _ Reuters.htm

Vaccine: extra trial

2020-Nov-30

AstraZeneca nears temporary OK for COVID-19 vaccine, plots extra trial _ FierceBiotech.htm

Vaccine: mistakes?

2020-Nov-25

AstraZeneca Faces Difficult Questions About Its Vaccine After Admitting Mistake – The New York Times.htm

Vaccine: 70% or 90%/62%?

2020-Nov-23

Oxford_AZ Vaccine Efficacy Data _ In the Pipeline.htm

Discussion CH

2020-Nov-17

(38) Round Table of the Swiss Statistical Society – YouTube.htm

Excess mortality CH

2020-Nov-17

La mortalité des seniors atteint des records avec la 2e vague de Covid-19 – rts.ch – Suisse.htm

Excess mortality CH

2020-Nov-10

(2) Excess mortality in the second wave so far (10.11.2020) Switzerland.htm

Vaccine!

2020-Nov-10

Covid vaccine First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection – BBC News.htm

Second wave

2020-Nov-09

Incidence du Covid-19 – Comment Genève en est arrivé au record d’Europe _ Tribune de Genève.htm

Treatment!

2020-Oct-23

Gilead’s Remdesivir Wins FDA Approval To Treat COVID-19 – Contract Pharma.htm

Treatment?

2020-Oct-17

Covid Remdesivir ‘has little or no effect’ on survival, says WHO – BBC News.htm

Vaccines

2020-Oct-07

FDA Issues Guidance On EUA For COVID-19 Vaccines – Contract Pharma.htm

Vaccines

2020-Sep-04

A COVID-19 vaccine in early November ‘Extremely unlikely, but not impossible’ Warp Speed head Slaoui _ FiercePharma.htm

Covid-19 Impact

2020-Sep-01

A Supercomputer’s Covid-19 Analysis Yields a New Way to Understand the Virus _ Elemental.htm

Excess Deaths Europe

2020-Aug-15

Impact du coronavirus – La Suisse n’a connu aucune surmortalité jusqu’à présent _ Tribune de Genève.htm

Reporting UK

2020-Aug-13

Britain says it overcounted coronavirus death toll by 5,377 – The Washington Post.htm

Immunity?

2020-Aug-06

The Coronavirus Is New, but Your Immune System Might Still Recognize It – The New York Times.htm

Geneva data

Ongoing

COVID-19 – données complètes depuis le début de la pandémie _ GE.CH – République et canton de Genève.htm

Swiss & World data

Ongoing

Tous les derniers chiffres du Covid-19 _ Tribune de Genève.htm

Lessons learned

2020-Jul-29

What Experts Know About Covid-19 That They Didn’t Know Then _ Elemental.htm

Second wave?

2020-Jul-29

Coronavirus What’s the evidence Europe is having a ‘second wave’ – BBC News.htm

Protection

2020-Jul-22

The Guardian on Instagram “Astronauts aren’t something you would associate with the beach. But Brazilian Tercio Galdino Lima and his wifeAlicea decided to make…”.htm

Prediction models

2020-Apr-07

Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19 systematic review and critical appraisal _ The BMJ.htm

Vaccine progress

2020-Jul-15

Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Soon to Enter Phase 3 Trials as Phase 1 Shows Positive Results (Moderna.htm)

Communication

2020-Jul-14

Communicating statistics, risk and uncertainty in the age of Covid – Prof. David Spiegelhalter – Media Hopper Create – The University of Edinburgh Media Platform.htm

Long term effects

2020-Jul-13

Coronavirus doctor’s diary Why are people remaining ill for so long – BBC News.htm

Cases rising, but deaths not

2020-Jul-09

COVID-19 Cases Are Rising, So Why Are Deaths Flatlining _ by The Atlantic _ The Atlantic _ Jul, 2020 _ Medium.htm

Research need

2020-Jul-08

Ollie – Important Person – YouTube.htm

Risk comparison

2020-Jun-24

Under-50s are more likely to die from a car accident or injury than from Covid-19 _ Daily Mail Online.htm

Long term effects

2020-May-15

‘Weird as hell’ the Covid-19 patients who have symptoms for months _ World news _ The Guardian.htm

Covid risk comparison

2020-Mar-21

How much ‘normal’ risk does Covid represent _ by David Spiegelhalter _ WintonCentre _ Medium.htm

Interpreting R…

2020-Jul-05

Risks, R numbers and raw data how to interpret coronavirus statistics _ World news _ The Guardian.htm

Review article

2020-Jul-02

Coronavirus Why everyone was wrong – Back to Reason – Medium.htm

Regulatory

2020-Jun-29

Implications of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on methodological aspects of ongoing clinical trials _ European Medicines Agency.htm

US new cases by state

Ongoing

America Is Reopening. But have we flattened the curve – Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.htm

R0 modelling

Ongoing

“Effective reproductive number” ncs-tf.ch Situation report.htm

R0 modelling

Ongoing

“Estimating the effective reproductive number (Re) in Europe – Switzerland” COVID-19 Re.htm

Review article

2020-Jun-25

COVID-19 Ioannidis vs. Taleb – International Institute of Forecasters.htm

Treatment recommended for EU authorisation

2020-Jun25

First COVID-19 treatment recommended for EU authorisation _ European Medicines Agency.htm

Second wave?

2020-Jun-25

Coronavirus Australian army deployed in Melbourne as cases surge – BBC News.htm

Second wave?

2020-Jun-24

Top US health official Fauci warns of ‘disturbing’ new US surge – BBC News.htm

Treatment works?

2016-Jun-17

Is dexamethasone really a COVID-19 breakthrough Not so fast, doctors say _ FiercePharma.htm

Treatment works!

2016-Jun-16

Coronavirus Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug – BBC News.htm

Regulatory

2020-Jun-16

Statistical Considerations for Clinical Trials During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Guidance for Industry _ FDA.htm

Chloroquine

2020-Jun-03

A Randomized Trial of Hydroxy-chloroquine as Postexposure Prophylaxis for Covid-19 _ NEJM.htm

Chloroquine

2020-Jun-02

Top journals raise concerns about data in two studies related to Covid-19.htm

Chloroquine

2020-May-22

Trump drug hydroxychloroquine raises death risk in Covid patients, study says – BBC News.htm

Chloroquine

2020-May-19

Coronavirus Trump says he is taking unproven drug hydroxychloroquine – BBC News.htm

Vaccines

2020-May-18

Coronavirus vaccine First evidence jab can train immune system – BBC News.htm

Chloroquine

2020-May-15

Further evidence does not support hydroxychloroquine for patients with COVID-19 Adverse events were more common in those receiving the drug — ScienceDaily.htm

Chloroquine

2020-May-12

He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19. – The New York Times.htm

Prevalence, Geneva CH

2020-May-11

Recent testing suggests 9.7% of Geneva has had Covid-19.htm

Trustworthiness

2020-May-11

The armchair epidemiologists – UK Statistics Authority.htm

Risk factors – need for careful interpretation

2020-May-08

There’s a new paper circulating today about “risk factors” for COVID19 which is getting misinterpreted in a pretty common way: applying conclusions about causation to results obtained via methods designed only for finding correlations.

What next?

2020-May-01

What Happens Next COVID-19 Futures, Explained With Playable Simulations.htm

Rates Comparison

2020-Apr-30

Coronavirus deaths how does Britain compare with other countries _ Coronavirus outbreak _ The Guardian.htm

Leadership

2020-Apr-24

Coronavirus Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment – BBC News.html

Chloroquine

2020-Apr-23

COVID-19 reminder of risk of serious side effects with chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine _ European Medicines Agency.htm

Interim Analysis Peeking

2020-Apr-17

Good-bye equipoise…This isn’t a comment on the reporting, but rather for investigators – casual, early peeks at the data are a bad idea. If you want to do it, plan it appropriately, and report it the right way.

Testing

2020-Apr-17

Switzerland’s Roche joins race to make coronavirus antibody tests _ National Post.htm

Rates Comparison

2020-Apr-16

Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales – Office for National Statistics.htm

Flaws in Ethics and Methodology

2020-Apr-15

» The tremendous ethical and methodological flaws in the Raoult clinical trial analysis, by Olivier Berruyer.htm

Leadership

2020-Apr-15

Meet Trump’s New Press Conference Advisor

Leadership

2020-Apr-15

The Coronavirus Crisis Does COVID-19 Prove Women Are Best Suited to Lead in a Crisis – Byline Times.html

Chloroquine

2020-Apr-14

Rita Wilson tells of ‘extreme side effects’ of experimental Covid-19 drug chloroquine _ Australia news _ The Guardian.htm

Rates Estimation

2020-Apr-14

Using ILI surveillance to estimate state-specific case detection rates and forecast SARS-CoV-2 spread in the United States _ medRxiv.htm

Comic Strip on Modelling Uncertainty

2020-Apr-13

A Comic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pandemic Modeling _ FiveThirtyEight.htm

Expert explanation

2020-Apr-13

Le Pr Didier Raoult. Ou comment les médias vous ont vendu un expert qui n’en est pas ?

Statistics to be trusted or ignored

2020-Apr-12

Coronavirus statistics what can we trust and what should we ignore _ Coronavirus outbreak _ The Guardian.htm

Comparison of New Zealand and Germany

2020-Apr-11

Verena Friederike Hasel NZ’s Covid-19 coronavirus response ‘extraordinary’ – NZ Herald.htm

Relative Risk

2020-Apr-11

Does Covid raise everyone’s relative risk of dying by a similar amount More evidence.htm

Testing

2020-Apr-09

Blood tests show 14% of people are now immune to covid-19 in one town in Germany _ MIT Technology Review.htm

Economic impact

2020-Apr-08

Stop covid or save the economy We can do both _ MIT Technology Review.htm

Risk Factors Meta-Analysis

2020-Apr-08

Does comorbidity increase the risk of patients with COVID-19 evidence from meta-analysis. – PubMed – NCBI.htm

Flaws in Ethics and Methodology

2020-Apr-07

» Les énormes failles éthiques et méthodologiques dans l’essai Raoult analyse, par Olivier Berruyer.htm

Interim Analysis Interpretation

2020-Apr-07

Kert Viele: (1/20) Tweetorial on this statement… ”…red flag…The investigators… already taken an interim look… did not stop the study early… dampens optimism for an overall positive outcome”

Possible Exit approaches

2020-Apr-07

Quand et comment pourrons-nous ressortir de chez nous Les enjeux du «déconfinement» expliqués enschémas.html

Leadership

2020-Apr-06

Les réactions de Donald Trump et de Boris Johnson face au Covid 19

Review Article

2020-Apr-06

Few clinical trials are done in Africa COVID-19 shows why this urgently needs to change.htm

Statistical Review

2020-Apr-06

Statistical review of Efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19 results of a randomized clinical trial _ Zenodo.htm

Review article

2020-Apr-01

A statistician’s guide to coronavirus numbers StatsLife.html

Review article

2020-Apr-01

Coronavirus How to understand the death toll – BBC News.htm

Review Article

2020-Apr-01

Hiltzik Trump’s chloroquine obsession will harm millions – Los Angeles Times.htm

Statistical Review

2020-Apr-01

Upcoming results from hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine Covid-19 clinical trials undercut by study design concerns – Clinical Trials Arena.htm

Trials

2020-Apr-01

Convalescent plasma transfusion shows promise for severely ill patients with COVID-19.htm

Trials

2020-Apr-01

Update on treatments and vaccines against COVID-19 under development _ European Medicines Agency.htm

Modelling

2020-Mar-30

Forecasting COVID-19 impact on hospital bed-days, ICU-days, ventilator-days and deaths by US state in the next 4 months _ medRxiv.htm

Testing

2020-Mar-29

20 Minuten – «Wer diese Antikörper hat, kann wieder arbeiten» – News.htm

Testing

2020-Mar-29

Coronavirus La Suisse teste-t-elle vraiment assez – Suisse – tdg.ch.htm

Rates Comparison

2020-Mar-28

How the UK’s coronavirus epidemic compares to other countries – BBC News.htm

Randomization needed

2020-Mar-27

Why we randomize – YouTube.htm

Chloroquine

2020-Mar-26

» Le Professeur Didier Raoult Rebelle Anti-Système ou Mégalomane sans éthique.htm

Links

2020-Mar-25

Novel Coronavirus Disease-2019 (Covid-19) Statistics and Scientific Resources.htm

Regulatory

2020-Mar-25

Implications of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on methodological aspects of ongoing clinical trials _ European Medicines Agency.htm

Review article

2020-Mar-25

How the Pandemic Will End – The Atlantic – Medium.htm

Review article

2020-Mar-24

Bill Gates How we must respond to the coronavirus pandemic _ TED Talk.htm

Vaccines Regulatory

2020-Mar-24

Global regulators map out data requirements for phase 1 COVID-19 vaccine trials _ European Medicines Agency.htm

Rates Comparison

2020-Mar-23

Another reason why we don’t know the COVID-19 mortality rate « Stats Chat.htm

Rates Comparison

2020-Mar-23

Coronavirus how do Italy and the UK compare _ World news _ The Guardian.htm

Review article

2020-Mar-23

Will Coronavirus Ever Go Away What a Top WHO Expert Thinks _ Time.htm

Testing

2020-Mar-23

Have I already had coronavirus How would I know and what should I do _ US news _ The Guardian.htm

Rates Comparison

2020-Mar-22

Germany’s low coronavirus mortality rate intrigues experts _ World news _ The Guardian.htm

Rates Comparison

2020-Mar-22

LinkedIn – Martin Posch

Review article

2020-Mar-22

How the Virus Got Out – The New York Times.htm

Regulatory

2020-Mar-20

Guidance to sponsors on how to manage clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic _ European Medicines Agency.htm

Testing

2020-Mar-20

Total COVID-19 tests performed by country.htm

Progress?

2020-Mar-19

20 minutes – Le coronavirus éradiqué dans deux villages italiens – Monde.htm

Review article

2020-Mar-19

Coronavirus The Hammer and the Dance – Tomas Pueyo – Medium.htm

Review article

2020-Mar-18

Simple, common factor in success against Covid-19 in Asia.htm

Review article

2020-Mar-18

We know enough now to act decisively against Covid-19 – STAT.htm

Review article

2020-Mar-17

In the coronavirus pandemic, we’re making decisions without reliable data.htm

Paper "China: We estimate 86% of all infections were undocumented (95% CI: [82%–90%]) prior to 23 January 2020 travel restrictions.”

2020-Mar-16

Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) _ Science.htm

Review article

2020-Mar-11

A chart of the 1918 Spanish flu shows why social distancing works — Quartz.htm

Medical Statistics

2020-Feb-02

A brief history of medical statistics and its impact on reproducibility.htm

Review Article

2015-Mar-15

Bill Gates The next outbreak We’re not ready _ TED Talk.htm

SARS

2003-Apr-02

BBC NEWS _ Health _ Race to contain deadly virus.htm

Collaboration (US)

Ongoing

COVID-19 Collaboration Platform.htm

Data CH

Ongoing

COVID-19 CH Desktop.htm

Data CH

Ongoing

Monitoring COVID-19 spread in Switzerland – Computational Evolution _ ETH Zurich.htm

Data CH

Ongoing

Swiss COVID19 Tracker.htm

Data Europe

Ongoing

EURO_COVID19_Dashboard – PUBLIC.htm

Data IT & world

Ongoing

Italy Coronavirus 63,927 Cases and 6,077 Deaths – Worldometer.htm

Data NZ

Ongoing

COVID-19 – current cases _ Ministry of Health NZ.htm

Data world

Ongoing

Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV).htm

Data world

Ongoing

Situation reports.htm

Excess Deaths

Ongoing

Coronavirus tracked the latest figures as countries fight to contain the pandemic _ Free to read _ Financial Times.htm

Links

Ongoing

Covid-19 – ISI.htm

Statistical Resources

Ongoing

COVID-19.htm (Vanderbilt Uni, TN, USA)

Testing

Ongoing

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Statistics and Research – Our World in Data.htm

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