A new approach to clinical trials during infectious disease outbreaks, such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), could help researchers
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Getting it Right: Walking the Diganostic and Serologic Testing Tightrope
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Timmerman Report,
,div class="body">Many of us trust the tests we take, and believe the yes-or-no results they return, writes Affiliate Professor of Biostatistics and Fred Hutch researcher Ruth Etzioni. But we need to be more curious. In the fraught deliberations about the optimal path to re-opening the U.S., one theme that has emerged louder and clearer than any other: testing, testing, testing.
The US is 'a long way' from beating the coronavirus with herd immunity, experts say, since that would require 50% of the population being immune
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Business Insider,
,div class="body">"If I had to put my nickel on it, we don't have very high herd immunity in this population currently," said Elizabeth Halloran, a professor of biostatistics at UW and a biostatistician at Fred Hutch. "What we've done is reduce our transmission, and every model shows that if we open things up now, we will just have a rebound."
Why COVID-19 Can't be Directly Compared With the Flu
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Timmerman Report,
,div class="body">As we face critical decisions about whether and how to resume our daily lives in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are being tempted into making the wrong comparisons writes Affiliate Professor of Biostatistics and Fred Hutch researcher Ruth Etzioni.
COVID-19 Models: What Makes Them Tick?
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Timmerman Report,
,div class="body">Affiliate Professor of Biostatistics and Fred Hutch researcher Ruth Etzioni writes that not all COVID-19 models are created equal. There are key differences between the models that are currently being used to guide the national conversation — differences that should be understood by the public.
Study: Travel bans good for delaying coronavirus, but not stopping it
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MyNorthwest,
,div class="body">A recently-released study found that while travel bans have been useful in slowing the spread of coronavirus, social distancing measures have been far more effective in controlling the epidemic. “Delaying is good because it slows things down,” said the study’s co-author Elizabeth Halloran, a UW professor of biostatistics. “But this idea of reducing the transmissibility is really key.”
How the Virus Got Out
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The New York Times,
,div class="body">This interactive graphic was created using the data and expertise of Professor of Biostatistics Betz Halloran and others. It analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough.