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Type	Date	Title (Click to read)
Modelling risk	2021-Feb-17	Covid Extra 1.7m vulnerable added to shielding list - BBC News.htm
Vaccine Efficacy	2021-Jan-24	Behind the numbers what does it mean if a Covid vaccine has ‘90% efficacy’ _ David Spiegelhalter _ From the Observer _ The Guardian.htm
Social Distancing	2021-Jan-08	The 432-year-old manual on social distancing - BBC Future.htm
Stephen Senn on the AZ Vaccine	2021-Jan-01	Of Weighting and Waiting _ LinkedIn.htm
Death rates etc. per country over time	Ongoing	Coronavirus Pandemic Data Explorer - Our World in Data.htm
Vaccine approval 2	2020-Dec-18	Covid US approves Moderna as second vaccine - BBC News.htm
Vaccine approval 1	2020-Dec-13	Covid FDA approves Pfizer vaccine for emergency use in US - BBC News.htm
Prevalence, Geneva CH	2020-Dec-17	Épidémie de Covid à Genève – Seul un petit quart des Genevois est immunisé _ Tribune de Genève.htm
Digital contact tracing works	2020-Dec-16	Swiss Medical Weekly - Early evidence of effectiveness of digital contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2 in Switzerland.htm
Vaccine pioneer	2020-Dec-11	Waldemar Haffkine The vaccine pioneer the world forgot - BBC News.htm
Studies needed for vaccine approval	2020-Dec-11	COVID-19 vaccines studies for approval _ European Medicines Agency.htm
Learning from the past	2020-Dec-08	In the year 2410, will researchers try to figure out what exactly caused such strange epidemiological dynamics during the COVID pandemic?
Tracking	2020-Dec-07	Coronavirus Apps Show Promise but Prove a Tough Sell - The New York Times.htm
Rapid Testing Reliable?	2020-Dec-03	Scrap rapid Covid tests in England's care homes, experts urge _ UK news _ The Guardian.htm
Vaccine: dosing	2020-Dec-03	Fortune or foresight AstraZeneca and Oxford's stories clash on COVID-19 vaccine _ Reuters.htm
Vaccine: extra trial	2020-Nov-30	AstraZeneca nears temporary OK for COVID-19 vaccine, plots extra trial _ FierceBiotech.htm
Vaccine: mistakes?	2020-Nov-25	AstraZeneca Faces Difficult Questions About Its Vaccine After Admitting Mistake - The New York Times.htm
Vaccine: 70% or 90%/62%?	2020-Nov-23	Oxford_AZ Vaccine Efficacy Data _ In the Pipeline.htm
Discussion CH	2020-Nov-17	(38) Round Table of the Swiss Statistical Society - YouTube.htm
Excess mortality CH	2020-Nov-17	La mortalité des seniors atteint des records avec la 2e vague de Covid-19 - rts.ch - Suisse.htm
Excess mortality CH	2020-Nov-10	(2) Excess mortality in the second wave so far (10.11.2020) Switzerland.htm
Vaccine!	2020-Nov-10	Covid vaccine First 'milestone' vaccine offers 90% protection - BBC News.htm
Second wave	2020-Nov-09	Incidence du Covid-19 – Comment Genève en est arrivé au record d’Europe _ Tribune de Genève.htm
Treatment!	2020-Oct-23	Gilead’s Remdesivir Wins FDA Approval To Treat COVID-19 - Contract Pharma.htm
Treatment?	2020-Oct-17	Covid Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, says WHO - BBC News.htm
Vaccines	2020-Oct-07	FDA Issues Guidance On EUA For COVID-19 Vaccines - Contract Pharma.htm
Vaccines	2020-Sep-04	A COVID-19 vaccine in early November 'Extremely unlikely, but not impossible' Warp Speed head Slaoui _ FiercePharma.htm
Covid-19 Impact	2020-Sep-01	A Supercomputer's Covid-19 Analysis Yields a New Way to Understand the Virus _ Elemental.htm
Excess Deaths Europe	2020-Aug-15	Impact du coronavirus – La Suisse n’a connu aucune surmortalité jusqu’à présent _ Tribune de Genève.htm
Reporting UK	2020-Aug-13	Britain says it overcounted coronavirus death toll by 5,377 - The Washington Post.htm
Immunity?	2020-Aug-06	The Coronavirus Is New, but Your Immune System Might Still Recognize It - The New York Times.htm
Geneva data	Ongoing	COVID-19 - données complètes depuis le début de la pandémie _ GE.CH – République et canton de Genève.htm
Swiss & World data	Ongoing	Tous les derniers chiffres du Covid-19 _ Tribune de Genève.htm
Lessons learned	2020-Jul-29	What Experts Know About Covid-19 That They Didn't Know Then _ Elemental.htm
Second wave?	2020-Jul-29	Coronavirus What's the evidence Europe is having a 'second wave' - BBC News.htm

Protection	2020-Jul-22	The Guardian on Instagram "Astronauts aren't something you would associate with the beach. But Brazilian Tercio Galdino Lima and his wifeAlicea decided to make…”.htm
Prediction models	2020-Apr-07	Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19 systematic review and critical appraisal _ The BMJ.htm

Vaccine progress	2020-Jul-15	Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Soon to Enter Phase 3 Trials as Phase 1 Shows Positive Results (Moderna.htm)
Communication	2020-Jul-14	Communicating statistics, risk and uncertainty in the age of Covid - Prof. David Spiegelhalter - Media Hopper Create - The University of Edinburgh Media Platform.htm
Long term effects	2020-Jul-13	Coronavirus doctor's diary Why are people remaining ill for so long - BBC News.htm
Cases rising, but deaths not	2020-Jul-09	COVID-19 Cases Are Rising, So Why Are Deaths Flatlining _ by The Atlantic _ The Atlantic _ Jul, 2020 _ Medium.htm
Research need	2020-Jul-08	Ollie - Important Person - YouTube.htm
Risk comparison	2020-Jun-24	Under-50s are more likely to die from a car accident or injury than from Covid-19 _ Daily Mail Online.htm
Long term effects	2020-May-15	'Weird as hell’ the Covid-19 patients who have symptoms for months _ World news _ The Guardian.htm
Covid risk comparison	2020-Mar-21	How much ‘normal’ risk does Covid represent _ by David Spiegelhalter _ WintonCentre _ Medium.htm

Interpreting R…	2020-Jul-05	Risks, R numbers and raw data how to interpret coronavirus statistics _ World news _ The Guardian.htm
Review article	2020-Jul-02	Coronavirus Why everyone was wrong - Back to Reason - Medium.htm
Regulatory	2020-Jun-29	Implications of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on methodological aspects of ongoing clinical trials _ European Medicines Agency.htm
US new cases by state	Ongoing	America Is Reopening. But have we flattened the curve - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.htm
R0 modelling	Ongoing	"Effective reproductive number” ncs-tf.ch Situation report.htm
R0 modelling	Ongoing	"Estimating the effective reproductive number (Re) in Europe - Switzerland” COVID-19 Re.htm
Review article	2020-Jun-25	COVID-19 Ioannidis vs. Taleb - International Institute of Forecasters.htm
Treatment recommended for EU authorisation	2020-Jun25	First COVID-19 treatment recommended for EU authorisation _ European Medicines Agency.htm
Second wave?	2020-Jun-25	Coronavirus Australian army deployed in Melbourne as cases surge - BBC News.htm
Second wave?	2020-Jun-24	Top US health official Fauci warns of 'disturbing' new US surge - BBC News.htm
Treatment works?	2016-Jun-17	Is dexamethasone really a COVID-19 breakthrough Not so fast, doctors say _ FiercePharma.htm
Treatment works!	2016-Jun-16	Coronavirus Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug - BBC News.htm
Regulatory	2020-Jun-16	Statistical Considerations for Clinical Trials During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Guidance for Industry _ FDA.htm
Chloroquine	2020-Jun-03	A Randomized Trial of Hydroxy-chloroquine as Postexposure Prophylaxis for Covid-19 _ NEJM.htm
Chloroquine	2020-Jun-02	Top journals raise concerns about data in two studies related to Covid-19.htm
Chloroquine	2020-May-22	Trump drug hydroxychloroquine raises death risk in Covid patients, study says - BBC News.htm
Chloroquine	2020-May-19	Coronavirus Trump says he is taking unproven drug hydroxychloroquine - BBC News.htm
Vaccines	2020-May-18	Coronavirus vaccine First evidence jab can train immune system - BBC News.htm
Chloroquine	2020-May-15	Further evidence does not support hydroxychloroquine for patients with COVID-19 Adverse events were more common in those receiving the drug -- ScienceDaily.htm
Chloroquine	2020-May-12	He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19. - The New York Times.htm
Prevalence, Geneva CH	2020-May-11	Recent testing suggests 9.7% of Geneva has had Covid-19.htm
Trustworthiness	2020-May-11	The armchair epidemiologists – UK Statistics Authority.htm
Risk factors – need for careful interpretation	2020-May-08	There’s a new paper circulating today about "risk factors” for COVID19 which is getting misinterpreted in a pretty common way: applying conclusions about causation to results obtained via methods designed only for finding correlations.
What next?	2020-May-01	What Happens Next COVID-19 Futures, Explained With Playable Simulations.htm
Rates Comparison	2020-Apr-30	Coronavirus deaths how does Britain compare with other countries _ Coronavirus outbreak _ The Guardian.htm
Leadership	2020-Apr-24	Coronavirus Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment - BBC News.html
Chloroquine	2020-Apr-23	COVID-19 reminder of risk of serious side effects with chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine _ European Medicines Agency.htm
Interim Analysis Peeking	2020-Apr-17	Good-bye equipoise...This isn't a comment on the reporting, but rather for investigators - casual, early peeks at the data are a bad idea. If you want to do it, plan it appropriately, and report it the right way.
Testing	2020-Apr-17	Switzerland’s Roche joins race to make coronavirus antibody tests _ National Post.htm
Rates Comparison	2020-Apr-16	Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics.htm
Flaws in Ethics and Methodology	2020-Apr-15	» The tremendous ethical and methodological flaws in the Raoult clinical trial analysis, by Olivier Berruyer.htm
Leadership	2020-Apr-15	Meet Trump's New Press Conference Advisor
Leadership	2020-Apr-15	The Coronavirus Crisis Does COVID-19 Prove Women Are Best Suited to Lead in a Crisis – Byline Times.html
Chloroquine	2020-Apr-14	Rita Wilson tells of 'extreme side effects' of experimental Covid-19 drug chloroquine _ Australia news _ The Guardian.htm
Rates Estimation	2020-Apr-14	Using ILI surveillance to estimate state-specific case detection rates and forecast SARS-CoV-2 spread in the United States _ medRxiv.htm
Comic Strip on Modelling Uncertainty	2020-Apr-13	A Comic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pandemic Modeling _ FiveThirtyEight.htm
Expert explanation	2020-Apr-13	Le Pr Didier Raoult. Ou comment les médias vous ont vendu un expert qui n'en est pas ?
Statistics to be trusted or ignored	2020-Apr-12	Coronavirus statistics what can we trust and what should we ignore _ Coronavirus outbreak _ The Guardian.htm
Comparison of New Zealand and Germany	2020-Apr-11	Verena Friederike Hasel NZ's Covid-19 coronavirus response 'extraordinary' - NZ Herald.htm
Relative Risk	2020-Apr-11	Does Covid raise everyone’s relative risk of dying by a similar amount More evidence.htm
Testing	2020-Apr-09	Blood tests show 14% of people are now immune to covid-19 in one town in Germany _ MIT Technology Review.htm
Economic impact	2020-Apr-08	Stop covid or save the economy We can do both _ MIT Technology Review.htm
Risk Factors Meta-Analysis	2020-Apr-08	Does comorbidity increase the risk of patients with COVID-19 evidence from meta-analysis. - PubMed - NCBI.htm
Flaws in Ethics and Methodology	2020-Apr-07	» Les énormes failles éthiques et méthodologiques dans l’essai Raoult analyse, par Olivier Berruyer.htm
Interim Analysis Interpretation	2020-Apr-07	Kert Viele: (1/20) Tweetorial on this statement… ”…red flag…The investigators… already taken an interim look… did not stop the study early… dampens optimism for an overall positive outcome”
Possible Exit approaches	2020-Apr-07	Quand et comment pourrons-nous ressortir de chez nous Les enjeux du «déconfinement» expliqués enschémas.html
Leadership	2020-Apr-06	Les réactions de Donald Trump et de Boris Johnson face au Covid 19
Review Article	2020-Apr-06	Few clinical trials are done in Africa COVID-19 shows why this urgently needs to change.htm
Statistical Review	2020-Apr-06	Statistical review of Efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19 results of a randomized clinical trial _ Zenodo.htm
Review article	2020-Apr-01	A statistician’s guide to coronavirus numbers StatsLife.html
Review article	2020-Apr-01	Coronavirus How to understand the death toll - BBC News.htm
Review Article	2020-Apr-01	Hiltzik Trump's chloroquine obsession will harm millions - Los Angeles Times.htm
Statistical Review	2020-Apr-01	Upcoming results from hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine Covid-19 clinical trials undercut by study design concerns - Clinical Trials Arena.htm
Trials	2020-Apr-01	Convalescent plasma transfusion shows promise for severely ill patients with COVID-19.htm
Trials	2020-Apr-01	Update on treatments and vaccines against COVID-19 under development _ European Medicines Agency.htm
Modelling	2020-Mar-30	Forecasting COVID-19 impact on hospital bed-days, ICU-days, ventilator-days and deaths by US state in the next 4 months _ medRxiv.htm
Testing	2020-Mar-29	20 Minuten - «Wer diese Antikörper hat, kann wieder arbeiten» - News.htm
Testing	2020-Mar-29	Coronavirus La Suisse teste-t-elle vraiment assez - Suisse - tdg.ch.htm
Rates Comparison	2020-Mar-28	How the UK’s coronavirus epidemic compares to other countries - BBC News.htm
Randomization needed	2020-Mar-27	Why we randomize - YouTube.htm
Chloroquine	2020-Mar-26	» Le Professeur Didier Raoult Rebelle Anti-Système ou Mégalomane sans éthique.htm
Links	2020-Mar-25	Novel Coronavirus Disease-2019 (Covid-19) Statistics and Scientific Resources.htm
Regulatory	2020-Mar-25	Implications of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on methodological aspects of ongoing clinical trials _ European Medicines Agency.htm
Review article	2020-Mar-25	How the Pandemic Will End - The Atlantic - Medium.htm
Review article	2020-Mar-24	Bill Gates How we must respond to the coronavirus pandemic _ TED Talk.htm
Vaccines Regulatory	2020-Mar-24	Global regulators map out data requirements for phase 1 COVID-19 vaccine trials _ European Medicines Agency.htm
Rates Comparison	2020-Mar-23	Another reason why we don’t know the COVID-19 mortality rate « Stats Chat.htm
Rates Comparison	2020-Mar-23	Coronavirus how do Italy and the UK compare _ World news _ The Guardian.htm
Review article	2020-Mar-23	Will Coronavirus Ever Go Away What a Top WHO Expert Thinks _ Time.htm
Testing	2020-Mar-23	Have I already had coronavirus How would I know and what should I do _ US news _ The Guardian.htm
Rates Comparison	2020-Mar-22	Germany's low coronavirus mortality rate intrigues experts _ World news _ The Guardian.htm
Rates Comparison	2020-Mar-22	LinkedIn – Martin Posch
Review article	2020-Mar-22	How the Virus Got Out - The New York Times.htm
Regulatory	2020-Mar-20	Guidance to sponsors on how to manage clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic _ European Medicines Agency.htm
Testing	2020-Mar-20	Total COVID-19 tests performed by country.htm
Progress?	2020-Mar-19	20 minutes - Le coronavirus éradiqué dans deux villages italiens - Monde.htm
Review article	2020-Mar-19	Coronavirus The Hammer and the Dance - Tomas Pueyo - Medium.htm
Review article	2020-Mar-18	Simple, common factor in success against Covid-19 in Asia.htm
Review article	2020-Mar-18	We know enough now to act decisively against Covid-19 - STAT.htm
Review article	2020-Mar-17	In the coronavirus pandemic, we're making decisions without reliable data.htm
Paper "China: We estimate 86% of all infections were undocumented (95% CI: [82%–90%]) prior to 23 January 2020 travel restrictions.”	2020-Mar-16	Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) _ Science.htm
Review article	2020-Mar-11	A chart of the 1918 Spanish flu shows why social distancing works — Quartz.htm
Medical Statistics	2020-Feb-02	A brief history of medical statistics and its impact on reproducibility.htm
Review Article	2015-Mar-15	Bill Gates The next outbreak We're not ready _ TED Talk.htm
SARS	2003-Apr-02	BBC NEWS _ Health _ Race to contain deadly virus.htm
Collaboration (US)	Ongoing	COVID-19 Collaboration Platform.htm
Data CH	Ongoing	COVID-19 CH Desktop.htm
Data CH	Ongoing	Monitoring COVID-19 spread in Switzerland – Computational Evolution _ ETH Zurich.htm
Data CH	Ongoing	Swiss COVID19 Tracker.htm
Data Europe	Ongoing	EURO_COVID19_Dashboard - PUBLIC.htm
Data IT & world	Ongoing	Italy Coronavirus 63,927 Cases and 6,077 Deaths - Worldometer.htm
Data NZ	Ongoing	COVID-19 - current cases _ Ministry of Health NZ.htm
Data world	Ongoing	Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV).htm
Data world	Ongoing	Situation reports.htm
Excess Deaths	Ongoing	Coronavirus tracked the latest figures as countries fight to contain the pandemic _ Free to read _ Financial Times.htm
Links	Ongoing	Covid-19 - ISI.htm
Statistical Resources	Ongoing	COVID-19.htm (Vanderbilt Uni, TN, USA)
Testing	Ongoing	Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Statistics and Research - Our World in Data.htm

[Last updated: 2021-02-19]