Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil

Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil

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Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil
Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil
A critical flaw in the Government's official daily "UK COVID hospital admissions" data

A critical flaw in the Government's official daily "UK COVID hospital admissions" data

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Sep 27, 2020
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Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil
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A critical flaw in the Government's official daily "UK COVID hospital admissions" data
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The Government's official COVID data are on the website https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk. These are the data I have been using for my regular updates of cases per 1000 people tested (because this crucial plot is not on the government website). 

I discovered today that the data on hospital admissions are not only flawed but also reveal a systematic problem…

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