Louise

Actuary. More of a spectator than a tweeter.

[Louise @EconLou]

@clhubes @ryanbeckwith This is me breastfeeding an 8 month old. If he sees me reading my phone he gets distracted and follows my gaze so I have to position the phone just behind his head so he thinks I’m staring at him.

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@Alex_Cameron I’m sure a gofundme for your legal fees (if you pursue that route) would be very successful!

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@baileymeyers Self-deprecating as self-depreciating

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@LawDavF @JohnSimpsonNews Just bought and is on the kindle! Looking forward to reading. @KevinSMader

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@E2Teacher Isn’t day 3 in bed when you upgrade it from “a cold” to “the flu”?

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@ActuaryByDay @PaulMainwood Having “fun”

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@lizardbill I think this is a good example of someone finding the smartart feature in PowerPoint and thinking they MUST use it, even if totally inappropriate for the message.

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@PaulMainwood Couldn’t an issue here be that Moderna generally isn’t approved for under 18s? At least in U.S and CH, it’s Pfizer for the 16-18yr olds.

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@sailorrooscout Some family in the US have had J+J and are coming to visit the U.K. this summer. Given the prevalence of delta in the U.K., would you recommend an extra dose of an mRNA vaccine?

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@JaneyGodley I have a magician booked for our wedding this summer and my fiancé is convinced his going to be like this with the guests!

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@ActuaryByDay Similar experience with family member here - could pull it up by only one day (although to a more convenient time so worthwhile in this situation!), but still 12 week gap.

[Louise @EconLou]

@PPaulCharles @ThePCAgency Thanks for your updates. Trying to plan a July wedding with family from abroad and so any info helps!

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@Nigella_Lawson @markchiv Our local supermarket here in Switzerland includes Ribena and Cadbury’s chocolate fingers in their “British” section.

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@betatim I was wondering what all these hobbies are that require such early starts!

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@ActuaryByDay One of the things the pandemic seems to have inadvertently highlighted is how many people struggle with percentages.

[Louise @EconLou]

@PeterMatza @d_spiegel The further you go back the less representative the population is - you have to adjust for size and age (which can be done) it’s just easier to take a 5-year average. Some estimates just use ‘19 as the baseline as the flu season that year was v similar to how ‘20 was looking.

[Louise @EconLou]

@ytc8438 @nineteenpointf1 @BioTurboNick @NateSilver538 It’s a modelled percentage taken from a random sample - not the same as the percentage of tests. It’s the estimated percentage of the population.

[Louise @EconLou]

@ytc8438 @NateSilver538 It’s just the % of the total population estimated to have the new variant or another strain. The other 97% are estimated to not have Covid.

[Louise @EconLou]

@BioTurboNick @ytc8438 @NateSilver538 The figures come from samples of a large number of households. Modelling is required to allow for households dropping out of the study, and to fit the results to give a development over time that is reasonable. See here sec. 9 for the details: https://t.co/tU06NUckWQ