state the uses of statistics during covid 19 pandamic
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Everybody in our society is eager to know the latest news about the Covid-19 pandemic, the numbers of newly infected persons, death rates and other epidemiological facts. The alarming economic consequences are discussed based on indicators referring to unemployment, losses in production output and GDP and others, at global, country and micro levels. Insufficient information about the social consequences of loss of work, closed schools, the overloaded health system causes speculations.
How big is the challenge of Covid-19 for official statistics? How well is official statistics equipped for giving support to experts from other fields? And to politics? Are the necessary data available to face the Covid-19 challenge? Will new data sources be needed? Does official statistics have the suitable methodologies? Or will adaptations, new developments and innovations be needed? And how much is official statistics affected by Covid-19 with possibly deteriorating effects
Explanation:
Statisticians and epidemiologists are part and parcel of any country's national and local health committees to give projections of number of expected COVID-19 cases and mortality data as well as the effect of lockdowns and social distancing measures on flattening the curve.
They are also helping to determine the local Ro (transmission and spread risk).
Off course they are the cornerstone of any of the COVID-19 research team from conception, data-management, statistical analysis, and writing of any manuscript for timely publication to disseminate new aspects of the knowledge about this rapidly evolving new disease.