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Coronavirus deaths, face masks and a potential baby boom

Coronavirus deaths, face masks and a potential baby boom

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Coronavirus deaths, face masks and a potential baby boom

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Apr 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Is the coronavirus related death count misleading because of delays in reporting? Do face masks help prevent the spread of the virus? Was a London park experiencing Glastonbury levels of overcrowding this week? And after reports of condom shortages, we ask whether there’s any evidence that we’re nine months away from a lockdown-induced baby boom. Plus in a break from Covid-19 reporting we ask a Nobel-prize winner how many Earth-like planets there are in existence.
Released:
Apr 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4