Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil

Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil

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COVID19 Hospital admissions data: evidence of exponential increase?

COVID19 Hospital admissions data: evidence of exponential increase?

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Norman Fenton
Oct 02, 2020
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COVID19 Hospital admissions data: evidence of exponential increase?
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As people following my blog posts and twitter will be aware, I have been arguing that using the simple plot of daily 'number of cases' (which actually means 'number testing positive') is an inappropriate way to monitor the COVID trend. This is because much of the increase in 'cases' is explained by an increase in the number of people tested, and that ma…

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