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Why is mortality in Lombardy so high?
Carlo Ambrogio Favero has a draft of a new paper: “Why is COVID-19 Mortality in Lombardy so High? Evidence from the Simulation of a SEIRHC.” Answer: the SEIR model calibrated to international evidence doesn’t work.
We must have better data
Miguel Maduro draws our attention to a clear explanation of why it is essential that we do random testing and get better data.
Are lockdowns worth it?
Deaths from covid-19
Galeotti and Surico show how to get reliable estimates.
Using excess deaths for inference
John Hopkins data
Seems to be the usual stuff about confirmed cases.
Help fund masks
Impact of the lockdown
WageIndicator is surveying/ interviewing people around the world to discover what makes the Coronavirus lockdown easier (or tougher), and what is the COVID-19 effect on our jobs, lives and mood. The results are shown in maps and graphs for 110 countries, updated on a daily basis. The Corona-survey addresses not only changing working conditions and circumstances, it also covers aspects such as the development of the corona-disease given manifest symptoms in individual cases, living and working space at home, family composition, and the impact pets may have on our moods in times of confinement. The codebook is here.
Benefit of flattening the curve
Thunström et al: “The benefits and costs of flattening the curve for Covid-19”