Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BB
Unlike its Nordic neighbours, Sweden never imposed a lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus. Tim
Are cases really rising in the US or are they just testing more? Tim digs into the data.
The UK has suffered one of the worst outbreaks of coronavirus anywhere in the world. We’ve been trac
The steroid Dexamethasone has been hailed a “major breakthrough” in the treatment of Covid-19. But w
As lockdown eases, why hasn't there been a spike in infections? We get a first look at the evidence
Some countries are requiring new arrivals to self-isolate, a policy designed to stop infection sprea
The UK has introduced new rules requiring all people arriving in the country to self-isolate for 14
At the start of March the government's Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said that the U
What difference does a metre make? The World Health Organisation recommends that people keep at leas
As lockdowns begin to lift the government is relying on testing and contact tracing programmes to pr
More than 35,000 people in the UK have now officially died from Covid-19, but what does the data sho
A listener asks if there can really only be 60 harvests left in Earth's soil. Are we heading for an
Risk expert David Spiegelhalter discusses whether re-opening some schools could be dangerous for chi
As lockdowns start to lift, many countries are relying on social distancing to continue to slow the
R is one of the most important numbers of the pandemic. But what is it? And how is it estimated? We
The question of just how dangerous Covid-19 really is, is absolutely crucial. If a large number of t
The Health Minister Matt Hancock promised the UK would carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests a day by
With much of the world’s population staying indoors, there are fewer cars on the roads, planes in th
We continue our mission to use numbers to make sense of the world - pandemic or no pandemic. Are doc
