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We found most governments were ill-prepared, too slow to act, paid too little attention to the most vulnerable, and were hampered by low public trust and an epidemic of misinformation.
Early on, public health messaging focused on the need for vaccines to combat COVID-19. But far less attention has been given to the role of boosters in preventing deaths and reducing inequities.
People living in poverty or disadvantage are three times more likely to die from COVID than the wealthy.
Clive Palmer says vaccines don’t work and Craig Kelly is among those misinterpreting statistics to suggest COVID vaccines are causing more deaths overseas.
This group has long suffered much higher death rates than the general population due to a poor standard of basic healthcare.
The UK government has claimed the new British variant of the coronavirus may be 30% more deadly.
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 pandemic has exposed many of us to new statistical concepts, on the news, in everyday conversations and on social media. But how many are you getting wrong?
Eventually, mortality rates from COVID-19 will fall as the proportion of people who have had the disease rises.
Māori are historically at greater risk of severe illness and death during pandemics. New research shows they are at least 50% more likely to die from COVID-19 than other New Zealanders.
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.
While Canada has done well compared to countries like the U.S. and the U.K. in containing COVID-19, rates of infection and deaths are higher than in many similar western democracies. Why?
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Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Statistics, Virginia Tech
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Senior Research Fellow, Biostatistics, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Education and Communities, University of East London
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Associate professor, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
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Research assistant, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Assistant Professor of Global Health, Boston University
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Researcher, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Deputy Director, Burnet Institute, Adjunct Professor, Monash University, Burnet Institute
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John Thwaites is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
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Postdocotoral Research Fellow in Molecular Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior research fellow, University of Otago
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Research Fellow in Global Health, Boston University