I am following the discussion closely. So appreciate it being on the list
and not relegated to some private exchange, which helps no one.

There is an interesting historical paper on the 1918-19 so-called Spanish
flu, which seems to have originated in China like the current one, in
Canada's National Post in 2014-15:
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/spanish-flu-the-pandemic-that-killed-50
-million-started-in-china-but-may-have-spread-via-canada-historian-says .
Different age groups were at risk in the early 20th century flu than the
ones currently. Of course, they are different viruses and apparently work in
distinct ways.

larry

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Subject: Re: Discussions about virus infection statistics?

Hello,


On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 12:04:42AM +0000, John Whittington wrote:
> Although the exchanges have majored on 'statistics', I'm a little 
> surprised that there have not yet been any complaints about the 
> exchanges between Thomas and myself regarding statistics relating to 
> influenza and Covid-19 (and, at least in my case, some critical 
> comments relating to how some of the statistics are being presented, 
> by people/organisations who/which I would have expected to know better!).

I think it's good to see the list being used for something related to what
it is actually about, so thank you for having the discussion here
:)

> Particularly given that no-one other than Thomas and myself have been 
> involved in this discussion other than at the very start, I would have 
> moved it off-list a long time back - but, given the current relevance 
> of the important issues being discussed, I wondered whether at least 
> some others might be following the discussion with interest.

Well, I did contribute early on in the discussion... but yes, I have been
following with interest. I do sometimes wonder about the people on the list
- how old they are, what their work commitments are, etc. In Thomas' case,
if he is self-isolating than I suspect he is not able to do as much work as
possible and therefore probably has the time required to be doing research
about this and also writing emails.

> Unless there are at least some responses indicating that others would 
> like to be able to continuing to follow the discussion, I will take it 
> off-list (if, that is, Thomas wishes it to continue).

No, to the contrary: please keep it on list. I think it is very interesting,
so thank you both very much :)

Best wishes,

     -- Andrei


--
Andrei Morgan MRCPCH, MSc, PhD (Epidemiology / Neonatology)
https://www.andreimorgan.net

Honorary Clinical Lecturer,
Department of Neonatology,
Institute for Women's Health,
University College London


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