Use of care and mortality due to corona/Covid-19 in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia; data from yesterday 26.5.
+Apple mobility.
Read the whole thread. (English).
Fig 1a-b. Number of persons in intensive and hospital care per day, and total need for care. 1/x
+Apple mobility.
Read the whole thread. (English).
Fig 1a-b. Number of persons in intensive and hospital care per day, and total need for care. 1/x
Fig 2a-c. Number of deaths per day (moving average) and cumulative mortality. 2/x
Fig 3a-c. Geographical differences within Finland: Nr of persons in care/day and nr daily verified diagnoses by the five “specialised medical care regions”.
Might be of interest to other countries to understand the spread btw the capital area (Helsinki) vs rest. 3/x
Might be of interest to other countries to understand the spread btw the capital area (Helsinki) vs rest. 3/x
Finland intensive care patients remain only in capital area. The nr of verified infections continues to decline very rapidly in Helsinki (nr of tests stable/increasing).
In Sweden the decline in hospital care discontinued (but "new persons" in intensive care still declining). 4/x
In Sweden the decline in hospital care discontinued (but "new persons" in intensive care still declining). 4/x
Fig 4a-c: Apple’s Maps-app, mobility index; routing requests for transit, driving and walking in Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen (base 100 at 13.1.2020).
Indicates rather homogenous increases in activity in all capital areas. 4/x
apple.com/covid19/mobili…
Indicates rather homogenous increases in activity in all capital areas. 4/x
apple.com/covid19/mobili…
Last time Japan’s strategy “3C: closed spaces, crowded spaces and close-contact settings” instead of lockdowns/mass-testing.
Vox reports on CDC-guidance in the US: “distance, time, activity, environment: 4 ways to think about Covid-19 risk” 5/x
vox.com/science-and-he…
Vox reports on CDC-guidance in the US: “distance, time, activity, environment: 4 ways to think about Covid-19 risk” 5/x
vox.com/science-and-he…
Other examples of risk communication for general public? This will become increasingly important when places are opening and sense of security increasing in the societies. 7/x
The strategy for testing needs to be planned so that it will serve a purpose (and not building a system with no clear goal, eg such as “testing everybody once a week”).
Some thoughts on this from veterinary medicine (in swedish): 8/x
Some thoughts on this from veterinary medicine (in swedish): 8/x
To be clear: I work at THL but my work not related to corona (dementia/diabetes); everything here my own opinions.
All data here from public sources; also the Finnish data.
I’m not an expert on infectious disease epidemiology. 9/9
All data here from public sources; also the Finnish data.
I’m not an expert on infectious disease epidemiology. 9/9
