Covid plasma therapy
Questioning claims about a Covid-19 treatment, breast cancer screening, and 18th century sex workers.
Donald Trump says allowing the emergency use of blood plasma therapy for coronavirus patients will save βcountless livesβ and is βproven to reduce mortality by 35%β. We look at the evidence.
Amid talk of coronavirus being back on the rise in the UK, what does the data show? Could screening for breast cancer from the age of 40 save lives? And can it really be true than one in five women in 18th century London made a living selling sex?
Last on
Broadcasts
- Wed 26 Aug 2020 09:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Fri 28 Aug 2020 16:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 30 Aug 2020 20:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
Just how reliable is our intuition? Find out with The Open University
OU Connect: Put your brain to the test with our new mind-bending probability problems!
When can you trust statistics?
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
Download this programme
Subscribe to the More or Less Podcast or download individual episodes.