Alex Selby’s contribution to the Discussion of ‘Some statistical aspects of the COVID-19 response’ by Wood et al.
Wood et al [1] calculate that R<1 before lockdown from which the case is made that a full lockdown was "largely unnecessary".What follows is where I believe this argument may be lacking.(This note is agnostic about whether lockdown was the best option.
Authors
- Alex Selby
Institutions
- Oldham Council (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society)
- Published
- 2025-06-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa/qnaf095
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00