Nina SchwalbeMay 19, 20201 minModels applied to low-income countries: why one size may not fit allPlease read this presentation to learn more! Read more Models applied to LMICs
Nina SchwalbeMay 8, 20201 minAge and comorbidities: NYC, Brazil, Mexico and India (from 27 April)We did this analysis last week and forgot to post. Currently updating it based on new data. Age: - In NYC, 73% of deaths were in people...
Nina SchwalbeMay 6, 20201 minMissing in the COVID response: Population health Given the prevalence of obesity in the US (40% over age 20 - which is correlated with SES) and numbers of elderly in facilities (1.3M) we...
Nina SchwalbeMay 6, 20201 minGlobal health "experts" take on US responseA number of actors that are big on the global health scene seem to have taken over our domestic response as well. Models developed by...
Nina SchwalbeMay 6, 20201 minReflections on NYCIt seems like NYC is finally getting around to surveillance. We did some work for the state earlier in April but they were unconvinced by...
Nina SchwalbeMay 5, 20201 minTesting the quality of COVID-19 tests - a sign of hope?Perhaps, at last, some hope that public health colleagues may be coming back to their senses. See this recent decision that the FDA will...
Nina SchwalbeApr 22, 20201 minModels, Math and COVID-19: A Public Health ResponseSharing our new post from the Council on Foreign Relations These strategies, now being applied across a range of contexts, have never...
Anna-Carin MattersonApr 17, 20201 minSelf-test kits distributed in Stockholm, SwedenCorona virus serological self-test kits were mailed to1,000 residents of the Swedish capital Stockholm over the Easter weekend by the...
Susanna LehtimakiApr 9, 20204 minCOVID testing: a summary of practice in selected countriesLack of surveillance testing prevents an understanding of the extent to which the virus is already spread among populations. Evidence...
Anna-Carin MattersonApr 8, 20201 minContact tracing in Sweden - early coronavirus infections were mainly to family membersSweden has reviewed the results from the contact tracing done on the first cases of coronavirus in the country. Swedish Radio News...
Nina SchwalbeApr 5, 20201 minInfection fatality rate?Check out our piece for the World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/we-could-be-vastly-overestimating-the-death-rate-...
Susanna LehtimakiApr 3, 20203 minCovid response in Rio de Janeiro - context matters As of April 1, there has been 832 confirmed cases and 28 deaths in Rio de Janeiro, a state of 16.5 million inhabitants. Actual numbers...
Nina SchwalbeMar 30, 20202 minMore on Italy.Here is the story. And letting you know that in the next day or so there will be a model coming out of NYU and Columbia with predictions...
Anna-Carin MattersonMar 27, 20201 minLarge differences in British and Swedish coronavirus calculationsA report in the Swedish Radio (published 26 March 2020) tells us that the number of Swedes who will show up at hospital and test positive...
Nina SchwalbeMar 27, 20201 minModels Two models were published today. One from Imperial College in the UK which is a revision of the model we wrote previously.. They have...
Nina SchwalbeMar 27, 20201 minA quick model alertWhile models are important tools in the toolbox – and can be helpful for decision making – they are math exercises - built around a...
Susanna LehtimakiMar 24, 20202 minCOVID-19 update - FinlandFollowing most countries in Europe, Finland is enforcing a 19-point list of emergency legislation that includes nationwide school,...
Nina SchwalbeMar 23, 20202 minDenominator issue - again!Over the next few days we are going to seriously bump up against the “dominator issue, which I am guessing will be the source of public...
Nina SchwalbeMar 16, 20201 minShelter in place in NYCIt seems like we may be subject to “shelter in place” in NYC following the example of France and other countries – and inspired by a...