Full cream versus low fat: the winner is...
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
Is low fat milk is healthier than full cream milk? If you think one is healthier than the other, let me set you straight:
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Is this 'systemic racism'?
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
I tend to collect random bits of data which I parse at a later date in my quest to seek enlightenment.
Today’s candidate is a report from the American Heart Association titled 2022 Heart Disease & Stroke Statistical Update Fact Sheet Black Race & Cardiovascular Diseases .
Here are 5 things I learned:
A good news story out of Kenya
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Here's a stat that Unicef trots out almost every year: Every two minutes, a child under five dies of malaria.
Corona versus Ebola: some stats
Sunday, 23 February 2020
The Democratic Republic of Congo announced their tenth outbreak of Ebola in 40 years on 1 August 2018. The number of cases has exceeded 3 000, making it the country's largest-ever Ebola outbreak. It is the second-largest Ebola outbreak after one which hit West Africa from 2014-2016.
Key stats from then to date via Doctors WIthout Borders:
- 3423 total cases
- 3304 confirmed cases
- 2244 deaths
Contrast this with Covid-19, as the Corona virus is more formally known.
The virus and the pangolin
Saturday, 8 February 2020
When you see one strutting along on its hind legs, you might be forgiven for thinking this is a baby tyrannosaurus.
When it rolls up into a ball, it looks like a projectile from a medieval version of pelota designed for the Spanish Inquisition.
And then it puts forward something that looks like an earthworm the length of a domestic cat, which you realize is its tongue.
Pangolins are amazing creatures. They're mammals with scales, and they can swing from trees by their tails. In the wild, they are pretty much invincible.