For today's Our World in Data Data Insight I calculated how many children died since 1950.

I had never done this before and I was shocked to see just how many lives ended so very early.

A short thread on why this is not a scary chart and why all the evidence suggests that there is not much Covid around right now. 1/6

Last year when Royal College of Emergency Medicine exposed the scale of deaths associated with long waits we were gaslit by NHSE who questioned the data without providing credible reasons. It has stood up to scrutiny. This reestimate is conservative, and scandalous rcem.ac.uk/wp-content/upl… 1/2

Perhaps spare a thought for the good people at Terry's this Easter.

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American politics is in the midst of a racial realignment.

I think this is simultaneously one of the most important social trends in the US today, and one of the most poorly understood.

Another ChatGPT triumph! 🏆

With death registrations consistently below expectations so far in 2024 I thought I'd take a closer look, as patterns at younger ages get swamped by what's going on with older people.

It's a pretty consistent good news story across the age bands.

UK lab-confirmed measles cases just jumped to 140 in the most recent week (w/e 4 March).

Morning everyone! We have updated the UK Health Security Agency WCIS report, which you can find here: gov.uk/government/sta…

The main finding is that prevalence in🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿has declined over the two weeks leading up to 21 February 2024.

We estimate that 0.9% (95% CrI: 0.6%, 1.2%) of the…

There’s a lot of confusion about the new ONS excess deaths methodology. Some thoughts on the model, its limitations and #ExcessDeaths in general.

These are personal views. I don’t speak for ONS or any other organisations or individuals involved in updating the method. 1/17

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UK Health Security Agency has now translated its covid prevalence into incidences (a heck of a work)

This allow me to compare the felt severity of covid in England last winter with this winter ... and it's well down!

But this does not necessarily mean it's down world-wide

A quick thread

Important news for those interested in #excessdeaths , with the ONS introducing a new methodology that removes the material distortions caused by an ageing and growing population when raw death counts are used.

More info here:-

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Flu again looking the principal villain on NHS pressure, versus COVID and RSV. Suspect it's doing enough to move death rates up in the next few weeks.

Excl : Ministers have “effectively dismantled” England’s national public health unit less than three years after creating it.

Those criticising the move include Philip Hunt Lord Bethell Kate Ardern David Buck

Why the Pandemic Isn’t Over for Me

“In the way that someone in financial poverty must avoid any extra expenses, in my state of health poverty I will always be forced to budget on a scale that is unimaginable to those in health abundance.” (1/4)

alifehidden.com/2024/02/07/pan…

How people in the UK spend their day.

ONS (2023) ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

I am so sad to hear of Adele’s passing. We were last in contact on Thursday, and although I was aware the end was close, it is still such a shock to hear that she is no longer with us.

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