Good thread on UK COVID testing and random sampling
The UK has an ongoing, population-wide random-sampling study of COVID prevalence in the UK population, operated by the ONS. This is a solid write-up on how it can be used to estimate two parameters for modelling prevalence from the more up-to-date case numbers: the detectability window, and ascertainment level.
(tags: covid-19 testing sampling random measurement ascertainment detectability epidemiology sars-cov-2 uk ons modelling)
How to create a simple Twitter bot
super-simple guide from b3ta’s Rob Manuel
(tags: python twitter bots rob-manuel)