Questioning claims about Covid and children
How likely are children to end up in hospital because of Covid? And how many have died?
How likely are children to end up in hospital because of Covid? And how many have died?
We scrutinise some scary stats that have been circulating on social and examine what excess deaths figures tell us about the risks of Covid compared to other illnesses.
Plus, with the gift of hindsight, we examine the joys and sorrows of modelling the spread of the virus. Do MPs understand how false positive rates work? And we unwrap the mystery of the nanomoles.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Produced by Simon Maybin, Lizzie McNeill, Lucy Proctor, Kirsteen Knight and Imogen Serwotka
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound: James Beard
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- Wed 16 Feb 2022 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Fri 18 Feb 2022 16:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 20 Feb 2022 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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