Categories for Data and Modelling
Lockdowns and Masks “Unequivocally” Cut Covid Infections, Say Experts. Give Me a Break
A major new review from the Royal Society has concluded that lockdowns and masks were “unequivocally” effective against Covid. But many of the authors are based in China and it was peer-reviewed by Neil Ferguson.
Read more
Across Europe Deaths Are Far Higher Now Than They Were in the ‘Pandemic Years’ of 2020 and 2021
In countries across Europe the number of people dying in the past year is far higher than the number who died during the 'once in a century' pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. But now, no one seems to care.
Read more
An Inexorable Rise in Excess Mortality Since the Vaccine Rollout
The estimated total of excess non-respiratory deaths since March 2020 now stands at over 100,000, most of which have occurred since the vaccine rollout. This rise in core mortality is unprecedented in recent history.
Read more
How We Know Covid Really Did Suppress Flu and Why It’s Important
Eugyppius takes a closer look at the surveillance data that show flu was suppressed by Covid, the viral interference phenomenon that likely explains it, and why it means lockdowns are a really bad idea.
Read more
Sweden Wins With Lowest Pandemic Mortality in Europe, BBC Analysis Shows
Sweden, having famously refused to follow the world in imposing lockdowns and mask mandates in 2020, had the best Covid pandemic record in Europe, a new analysis by the BBC shows.
Read more How We Know Flu Really Did Disappear in 2020 and 2021
Flu largely disappeared during 2020 and 2021, giving rise to ideas among some sceptics that it was being missed and wrongly classified as Covid. However, influenza surveillance data confirm that it really did vanish.
Read more
Ventilators Were Not to Blame For New York City’s High Covid Death Toll
NYC's death toll in the first Covid wave was unusually high. Many blame the ventilator panic. However, new analysis shows that ventilators cannot be held responsible for more than a fifth of the deaths that spring.
Read more
COVID-19 and Excess Deaths: A Defence of the Virus Theory
A growing number of sceptics have recently been questioning whether excess deaths during the pandemic were caused by the virus. Dr. Will Jones argues that the evidence they mostly were is impossible to ignore.
Read more
The Alarming Trend in Core Mortality Since the Vaccine Rollout
Focusing on 'core' mortality from non-respiratory causes removes most of the variation from year to year and reveals a truly alarming trend beginning around the time the vaccines were rolled out in 2021.
Read more
Why 2022’s High Mortality is Real and Worrying
Many are concerned about the high number of deaths that occurred in 2022, particularly from heart-related causes. But some have suggested these were just due to an ageing population. This is wrong.
Read more