Neil Ferguson – A rambling mind

The pandemic situation in Europe

Case rates are rising in many parts of Europe. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/slides-and-datasets-to-accompany-coronavirus-press-conferences

The pandemic situation in continental Europe has been worsening rapidly, and I felt that it I should update some country comparisons in a dedicated post.It confirms that the sourcing of data for a Coronavirus model of any given country is a very specific task nowadays, given the considerable differences in the underlying demographics, cultures, Government actions (NPIs) and public responses in the various countries.
This blog post isn’t looking at the modelling per se, but concentrates on the very different outcomes we are seeing across Europe, and looking at some of the reasons why.

The UK Select Committees’ report into UK Government Covid failures

Early pandemic Failures of State according to the Sunday Times Insight team

The UK parliamentary Health and Social Care, and Science and Technology Committees have just jointly published their substantial report criticising the many errors made by UK Government in its handling of the Covid crisis. It praised, justifiably, the excellent strategy (early risk investment) and deployment of vaccines. But its own timing is as questionable as that of any it seeks to criticise.