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COVID-19 In Retreat In Arizona With Vaccines Gaining Traction  Share   Share Trending COVID-19 has continued its retreat in Arizona. Since our lastlooks at the states high quality data, the numbers of new cases, hospital admissions, deaths, and ICU bed usage have each continued falling. There are signs however the rate at which they are falling is starting to slow. That much can be seen in the following four charts, in which the back calculation method identifies the more significant ev...

The effect of schools reopening is yet to be seen but one London borough has already seen a 25% jump in infections.

Richard Turen As we all wind our way around this dark, dark bend, we can see the lights just ahead. We have been among the most decimated of industries, and so we have been buried in reporting of the Covid crisis. But some stories we may want to share with clients as they get ready to go out there again have been underreported. Lets give those stories their due today: Sacrifices have been required all over the world but nowhere more painfully than in Belgium. You see, the country has had a glut...

How maths, English and history experts fared with homeschooling (dont worry: they struggled too) As schools prepare to reopen, we ask leading authorities in key fields to grade their experience of teaching the curriculum to their kids 6 March 2021 • 9:00am Novelist Laura Pearson was excited about teaching English to her two children - but soon found herself baffled by some of the grammar they were expected to know Credit: Laura Pearson After about six months of tearful tantrums, interrupted Z...

Nowhere in the country has reported fewer than 20 cases per 100,000 people in four months.

The EU drafted a copyright directive before Australia took action on Facebook. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters John Naughton’s piece was flawless apart from a couple of omissions (“Australia shows the way. It’s the job of governments not big tech to run democracies”, Comment). If we want similar rules to Australia in the UK, it is worth mentioning that the UK government was one of the main defenders of the EU 2019 copyrig...

Maths lecturer baffles with seven-year-old daughters homework question Dr Kit Yates, a senior lecturer in the department of mathematical sciences at the University of Bath, confused Twitter users when he shared the mind-boggling question online Rosaleen FentonAudience Writer People were left baffled with the question (Image: Getty Images) Sign up for Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter for the most exciting real life, fashion and sex tips HOT off the pressInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please ...

A maths lecturer left baffled by his seven-year-old daughters geometry homework took to Twitter to ask for help.   Dr Kit Yates, co-director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Bath and author of The Maths of Life and Death, shared his daughters maths worksheet to Twitter in a bid to find out the correct answer. The question, accompanied by an image of a semi-circle, asked students: True or false? This shape has two right angles. Explain your answer.   Dr Kit Yate...

Public health experts offer their advice before Boris Johnson’s announcement next week

Arizonas Plunging COVID-19 Caseloads And The Vaccines  Share   Share Trending In two weeks since our previous update, Arizonas number of COVID-19 cases, hospital admissions (including ICU bed usage), and deaths have been plummeting. That good news prompted us to put together an animation showing the results of the back calculation method weve been using to identify the events that led to significant turning points in the trends for COVID-19 in Arizona. The animation cycles through the chart...