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Coronavirus live news: Pfizer and AstraZeneca jab offer protection against India Covid variant, PHE finds
Latest updates: Pfizer vaccine 88% effective against symptomatic disease from the India variant after second dose, AstraZeneca jab 60% effectivePfizer and AstraZeneca ‘highly effective’ against India Covid variantMinisters ‘failed to act on Bedford Covid variant surge for two weeks’CDC studying reports of heart inflammation in young vaccine recipientsNo 10 ‘tried to block’ data on...
Why are we so uncharitable to those doing good deeds?
From veganism to fundraising, psychologists have found acts of altruism often attract mistrust and even angerIn 2014, the word “humblebrag” was added to the Oxford online dictionary, along with the following definition: “An ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement whose actual purpose is to draw attention to something of which one is proud.”In the wild, humblebrags often present as...
With Covid, averages are not the only story | David Spiegelhalter & Anthony Masters
We need local data to keep on top of local outbreaksIt’s a myth that statisticians are obsessed with averages. We learn most from examining variability and the current concern with variants hammers home the importance of local data.Across the United Kingdom, confirmed cases of Covid-19 are stable, at 22 per 100,000 people in the week up to 17 May. Six local authorities recorded less than two...