Comparing countries, the risk to NHS staff, and birdsong

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Comparing countries, the risk to NHS staff, and birdsong

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Apr 22, 2020

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We compare Covid-19 rates around the world. Headlines say NHS staff are dying in large numbers, how bad is it? And is it just us, or have the birds started singing really loudly?

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Apr 22, 2020

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

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