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NEW: long overdue, I’ve updated our excess deaths data, expanding the list of countries to 30We have tracked 1.5 million excess deaths so far, considerably more than the 960k attributed

NEW: the latest UK data is out, and it’s not good.London is into Tier 3, but that’s only a small part of the wider story of UK’s looming Covid winter.Case

NEW: it’s expected (but not yet confirmed) London will go into Tier 3 when England’s Covid restrictions are reassessed next week, so what do the data show?Let’s dig into all

NEW: could London be set for Tier 3?@JasmineCC_95 has the story, and I’ve had a look at the latest data https://www.ft.com/content/34fda7e1-6d22-44b4-84b6-4c8c18a236bbThe picture isn’t as clear-cut as one might think, so

Couldn't agree more with this, from a recent @ChrisGiles_ story on economic literacy in the UK https://www.ft.com/content/93821297-96ea-4286-8f01-ccb6fa09161fOur job is to communicate clearly to people. If they are confused, that's

NEW: here’s the definitive chart on which parts of England have been hard-done-by or "let off" by the new tiers.This one combines all the metrics the govt says it’s using:•

It’s odd that questions around whether we’ll be safe to ease lockdown over Christmas focus on whether prevalence has merely stopped rising, when what justified easing in the summer was:•

Micro-thread:1/6 The question of whether or not to keep schools open during a pandemic is complex, and like many Covid debates the answers depend heavily on how much value people

NEW from me & @christinezhang:Much was made of US exit polls showing non-white voters swinging towards Trump, but is it that simple?We spent 10 days poring over data from thousands

In spirit of humility and depoliticising Covid, here are things I’ve changed (and continue to change) my mind on:- Masks- School reopening- Importance of "luck" in between-country variations in severity-

The most effective way to keep Covid in check and return to semblance of normality (far more so than blanket restrictions) is to have as many people as possible being

NEW with @jemimajoanna: why are so few people in the UK wearing masks?We dug into the numbers, the science and the nuance to see what’s going onStory here: https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/07/09/1594305988000/Why-are-we-not-wearing-masks-

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