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Ghaith Aljayyoussi Profile picture
Ghaith Aljayyoussi
@PKghaith
Lecturer, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. PK/PD Modelling: Malaria, TB and COVID-19.
Jan 26, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Very disappointing reporting by @NickTriggle et al again from the BBC. An article that makes a number of bogus claims without caring to reference any of them.
bbc.co.uk/news/health-55…
A thread [1/8] The authors didn't care to put this in perspective and compare to other global hubs (all had significantly lower covid deaths). It also ignores mentionung in this context that the UK was the last to impose quarantines on travelers or PCRs for those who arrive. [2/8]
Jan 26, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Yesterday, @theresecoffey claimed to @susannareid100 & @piersmorgan that it is the UK's ageing and obese population that led to its shocking covid death rate. This is untrue and here are some examples: [1/6] Canada's population is older: Canada's population has a very comparable obesity rate to UK: [2/6]
Jan 24, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The UK has the worst Covid-19 situation in the world right now. A few graphs to compare it to other countries: The increase in deaths in last 14 days is the highest in the world, followed closely by Portugal (although the latter has much less deaths per capita overall) [1/3] You can see the sharp rise in UK deaths compared to all other countries with 100K cases or more. UK has the 3rd highest deaths per capita after Slovenia and Belgium although unlike UK, Belgium records covid deaths without a pcr test. Slovenia has a population of only 2M [2/3]: