September 03, 2020

Episode 03: Lockdowns and Relative Risk

53 minutes

In our second sit down with Doctor-in-Residence of Nuclear Medicine, Ian Alberts, we discuss relative risk and the data that is (and isn't) being looked at regarding the COVID-19 lockdowns. With a grounding in Physics and having begun his medical career in the British Royal Navy, including tours on nuclear submarines, Ian brings a unique perspective to the world. We have the pleasure of hearing his thoughts from a medical and scientific perspective on the COVID response.

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Episode Details:

1:25 - Thinking about more testing

3:40 - Describing risk

8:12 - How to be data-minded about the back of the napkin on Covid and Risk

11:58 - Who is most at risk?

17:50 - Radioactive medicine risk & other comparators

24:22 - "Health is not the absence of Disease"

28:00 - Did the lockdowns help?

32:02 - Which measures were most effective?

38:03 - UNICEF study of Ebola lockdown response and repercussions

42:22 - Touching on economics

44:00 - Which analyses we should focus on now

Other resources include:

Comparative statistics outlining Covid-19's relative risk

Normal Risk: https://medium.com/wintoncentre/how-much-normal-risk-does-covid-represent-4539118e1196

COD: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm

UK Mortality by Age: http://www.bandolier.org.uk/booth/Risk/dyingage.html#:~:text=in%20the%20UK-,Results,in%2010%20over%2085%20years.

Putting the risk of Covid-19 into perspective: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/well/live/putting-the-risk-of-covid-19-in-perspective.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7327471/

https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-mortality-risk

Mobility data: http://www.healthdata.org/covid

Hospital Patients to Nursing Homes: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2764369

UNICEF Comparative Study: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3576549

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