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School re-opening, Germany’s Covid-19 success and statistically savvy parrots

School re-opening, Germany’s Covid-19 success and statistically savvy parrots

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


School re-opening, Germany’s Covid-19 success and statistically savvy parrots

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

ratings:
Length:
28 minutes
Released:
May 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Risk expert David Spiegelhalter discusses whether re-opening some schools could be dangerous for children or their teachers. We ask what’s behind Germany’s success in containing the number of deaths from Covid-19. Many governments across the world are borrowing huge sums to prop up their economies during this difficult time, but with everyone in the same boat who are they borrowing from? Plus we revisit the UK’s testing figures yet again and meet some statistically savvy parrots.
Released:
May 20, 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