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

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

2020/5/20
logo of podcast More or Less: Behind the Stats

More or Less: Behind the Stats

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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.