Explainers
JUNIPER is very pleased to collaborate with the fantastic team at Plus Magazine. Articles and podcasts produced by Rachel Thomas and Marianne Freiberger at Plus provide an explainer on the key mathematical modelling work done by JUNIPER members to a general audience. On this page you will find explainers to key epidemic modelling concepts as well as areas of current research. Full details of all content produced with Plus is available here.
On the mathematical frontline: Mike Tildesley
What do you actually do when you are modelling the COVID-19 pandemic? Find out with epidemiologist Mike Tildesley in our new podcast series.
Going with the flow: are lateral flow tests useful?
Lateral flow tests have become a common feature in our lives. What impact can they have on managing COVID-19?
The Delta variant: What do we know?
As the Delta variant is worrying the UK, researchers from the JUNIPER consortium have published all they know about it.
Maths in a minute: The positive predictive value
When you receive a positive test result for a disease, the chance you actually have it depends on how common the disease is.
Will the virus escape the vaccines?
Can the virus that causes COVID-19 mutate into a vaccine-resistant strain? And if yes, what would this mean for our vaccination strategy?
Keeping up with COVID-19
Trying to work out the real time incidence of a disease in the middle of pandemic has never been done before, but the team behind the ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey have developed a way to do just that.
Vaccination: Where do we stand and where are we going?
Where have the COVID-19 vaccines got us so far and where we are likely to be when the rollout is complete?
Testing testing in schools
What's the safest way to reopen schools? And can testing make things better?
R's not all you need
When it comes to loosening COVID restrictions all eyes are usually on R — but it's also important to take account of prevalence.
On the mathematical frontline: Julia Gog
What's it like advising government on the maths behind COVID-19? Find out with epidemiologist Julia Gog in this new podcast series.