Pandemic and official statistics; some comments on recent COVID-19 experiences

摘要

The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is dependent on quality information and statistics; various empirical data play an important role in the global fight against the virus. There are however some quality problems and lack of international comparability of the data in use; this comparability may be improved. This comment is inspired by the paper by Len Cook and hopefully will supplement his paper by adding some additional topics.