The Week in Numbers (to June 29th)

Tried and tested

19

The number of posts in the John Snow series republished open access for all readers of TTE, starting with the Introduction.

John Snow, Asiatic Cholera and the inductive-deductive method - republished

10% 

Surveillance data showed  SARS-CoV-2 positivity increased to 10.0% compared with 8.4% in the previous week. 

This sudden surge in cases has led to strange but predictable reactions. 

The rise in cases has prompted Public Health Scotland to return to weekly updates. Mask-wearing has been reintroduced on the Isle of Man in medical settings due to a spike in Covid cases. We could be in this for the long haul if, as Manx Care’s deputy chief executive believes, "These are tried and tested infection prevention and control procedures.”

£1.4 billion 

The BBC reports that unused PPE worth £1.4 billion was  'stored inappropriately'. Of the two billion items provided, 85% will never be used in care settings. If we had evidence for tried-and-tested strategies, we could surely spend the NHS pound more wisely.

First 

Reuters reports that Finland will start bird flu vaccinations…