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More or Less – Death’s Door

Quarantine, Test and Trace and BODMAS

On this edition of BBC More or Less, first broadcast on 17 June 2020, Stuart discusses COVID-19 deaths data with Tim Harford. Stuart looks at whether it is true that COVID-19 only kills those who are already “at death’s door”.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08h4x0b

More or Less - Death's Door

For further discussion of this topic see Stuart and Matthew’s article in The Actuary.

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Stuart McDonald

Stuart is Head of Longevity and Demographic Insights at the consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP). He works across the Actuarial and Health Analytics teams, helping clients understand and manage the long-term
health and economic implications of the pandemic.

Prior to joining LCP he was responsible for demographic assumptions at Scottish Widows and previously led Munich Re’s longevity pricing team.

Stuart plays an active role within the actuarial profession, and is Deputy Chair elect of the Continuous Mortality Investigation. Early in 2020 he founded and co-chairs the COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group.

Stuart was awarded an MBE for services to Public Health in the 2022 New Year Honours.

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