Covid-19 Data Science

This is part 4 in a 4 part blog post series exploring what the data posted by the UK's Office of National Statistics (ONS) on November...

I evaluate UK 2021 all cause deaths to compare recently vaccinated (w/in 21 days of 1st dose) and show no evidence of vaccine-caused deaths

Is watching the 1984 Ghostbusters movie killing people? English adults under 60 who have watched the 1984 Ghostbusters movie are dying at...

This is part 2 in a 4 part blog post series exploring what the data posted by the UK's Office of National Statistics (ONS) on November...

To what extent is societal vaccination saving lives? Are the vaccines really safe? Some active vaccine skeptics will present bits of...

Surani's second podcast in the series is now up -- this one talks about safety. I was one of the interviewees on this podcast. The...

I was interviewed by investigative journalist Surani Fernando for her podcast here in the episode on "Real World Vaccine Effectiveness"...

There a paper published in Toxicology Reports that included an analysis purporting to estimate causal vaccine deaths in the US claiming...

A paper published October 4, 2021 in The Lancet based on >3.4m USA patients found Pfizer vaccine effectiveness (VE) vs. infection...

A video that has been heavily circulated on social media this week is a presentation by attorney Thomas Renz claiming "We Got Them. Fact...

Summary of Key points: Blatantly misleading headlines have circulated on social media stating that that "FDA experts conclude Pfizer...

VAERs is an open reporting system put together by the FDA and CDC for people to enter in adverse events after vaccination for post...

On 9/24/21 I gave a talk at Virginia Tech on evaluating and aggregating emerging knowledge in the pandemic. It might be the most...

OK -- one more Simpson's paradox themed post. There is one more major point I want to make sure people realize to avoid misinterpreting...

An FDA panel voted on Friday to recommend 3rd shot boosters to adults over 65 in the USA. Are boosters a good idea? If so, do they have...

I have seen a lot of people obsessing with Table 5 of the August report put out the UK Public Health England focusing on the Delta...

The Israeli ministry of health (MoH) releases periodic vaccination reports on its Telegram site. Today, the following table was...

Key Points: I downloaded and analyzed data containing daily COVID-19 deaths and critical infection numbers from the Israeli ministry of...

A surge involving the rapidly-transmitting Delta variant in heavily vaccinated countries has led to much hand-wringing that the vaccines...

A couple weeks ago, reports in Israel came out suggesting that Pfizer vaccine efficacy waned over time, sparking discussion of the...