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Coronavirus update | Interpreting recovery rates, and the Surgisphere controversy

Coronavirus update | Interpreting recovery rates, and the Surgisphere controversy

FromIn Focus by The Hindu


Coronavirus update | Interpreting recovery rates, and the Surgisphere controversy

FromIn Focus by The Hindu

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Jun 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We take a look at India’s recovery rate, which is close to crossing 50%, and analyse why that number is important and what it shows about how the disease is affecting the population even as each new day seems to bring a new 24-hour high in cases recorded.
Hydroxychloroquine is also back in the news after a study, published in the reputed journal Lancet about its adverse side-effects, reportedly used data supplied by a dubious U.S.-based data analytics company called Surgisphere. We discuss the potential ramifications.
Guest: Jacob Koshy, Deputy Science Editor, The Hindu.
Write to us with comments and feedback at socmed4@thehindu.co.in
Released:
Jun 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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