# John Dee's Almanac A former NHS Head of Department (Clinical Audit) and applied statistician who specialised in clinical outcomes explores the story of human health as seen through numbers. Page: Feed: --- ## [Not Quite So Cosmic Influenza (part 9)](https://jdee.substack.com/p/not-so-cosmic-influenza-part-9) _2026-08-14 · John Dee_ I use ARIMA time series techniques to assess my hot winter = less flu death hypothesis, and find it sore wanting ## [Not Quite So Cosmic Influenza (part 8)](https://jdee.substack.com/p/no-so-cosmic-influenza-part-8) _2026-08-07 · John Dee_ I look at the mean daily temperature range and develop an unseasonable winter weather indicator based on the central England temperature record ## [Not Quite So Cosmic Influenza (part 7)](https://jdee.substack.com/p/not-quite-so-cosmic-influenza-part) _2026-07-17 · John Dee_ Today I drop all the exotic cosmic stuff and take a look at the impact of plain old weather on influenza mortality over the period 1920 - 2022 ## [Cosmic Influenza (part 6)](https://jdee.substack.com/p/cosmic-influenza-part-6) _2026-06-26 · John Dee_ Today I continue with my ‘proper look’ at influenza and geomagnetic activity… ## [Cosmic Influenza (part 5)](https://jdee.substack.com/p/cosmic-influenza-part-5) _2026-06-05 · John Dee_ Today I drop the sun, and expunge cosmic rays from the menu, and go in search of geomagnetic activity… ## [Cosmic Influenza (part 4)](https://jdee.substack.com/p/cosmic-influenza-part-4) _2026-05-15 · John Dee_ Today I progress my study on influenza outbreaks by considering extreme mortality in relation to solar activity and cosmic ray flux over the period 1965 - 2022 ## [Cosmic Influenza (part 3)](https://jdee.substack.com/p/an-enigma-transmission-of-epidemic-8ef) _2026-04-24 · John Dee_ Today I progress my study on sunspot activity and influenza outbreaks by looking at the impact of the quiet sun on mature persons ## [Cosmic Influenza (part 2)](https://jdee.substack.com/p/an-enigma-transmission-of-epidemic-e6b) _2026-04-03 · John Dee_ Today I progress my study on sunspot activity and influenza outbreaks. Be prepared for pretty much anything... and nothing… ## [Cosmic Influenza (part 1)](https://jdee.substack.com/p/an-enigma-transmission-of-epidemic-28a) _2026-03-13 · John Dee_ In this new series I examine the rather wild suggestion of a link between sunspot activity and influenza outbreaks. Please brace yourselves... it's a bit of a ride! ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pDycfeSSm7cW) _2026-03-13 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [What I Got Up To In The NHS...](https://jdee.substack.com/p/what-i-got-up-to-in-the-nhs) _2026-03-01 · John Dee_ With spring softly but surely in the air I decided to revamp my moth-eaten CV by listing-out clinical projects I was involved in from 2001 to 2009. I didn't realise there were so many!