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    Is Ivermectin a Covid ‘wonder drug’?

    What do we know about the efficacy of Ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19?

  2. Scotland cases, flood risk and taxing the poor

    Covid-19 cases are on the rise in Scotland, plus will your town be under water by 2030?

  3. Maths and the Mayflower

    Are there really 35 million descendants of the Mayflower alive today?

  4. Delta cases, blue tits and that one-in-two cancer claim

    Should we worry about the Delta variant? Plus how much do blue tits eat?

  5. The origins of Covid

    How similar are the Covid strains?

  6. Covid deaths, outdoor swimming and care homes

    The global death toll has reached a grim milestone. Plus the UK’s low ranking waters.

  7. The doubling of life-expectancy

    The story of how data helped extend our lives

  8. Third wave fears, smart motorways and bra sizes

    Should we worry about Covid-19 cases rising? Plus are smart motorways safe?

  9. Wales Vaccine Success

    How to distribute jabs efficiently; plus adding 28 to 47

  10. Bolton vaccines, Yorkshire versus Scotland and the average gamer

    Were tens of thousands of people getting their jab in Bolton every single day?

  11. The Seaspiracy “virtually empty ocean” claim

    Why it’s unlikely our oceans will be virtually empty by 2048.

  12. Wales jab success, Eurovision and living with your parents

    How to vaccinate a country quickly, plus the UK’s singing contest woes.

  13. The medical trial that proved Trump wrong

    The Recovery Trial identified drugs that helped save lives.

  14. Explaining maths without Numbers

    Tim Harford speaks to mathematician Milo Beckman.

  15. Finding Mexico City’s real death toll

    How two data detectives revealed the pandemic’s impact.

  16. Bayes: the clergyman whose maths changed the world

    How an obscure theory came into fashion.

  17. Will 2021 have more Covid deaths than 2020?

    We ask if this year’s global death toll will surpass 1.8 million.

  18. How many swimming pools full of vaccine do we need

    Adding together the doses for everyone on the planet.

  19. Clot risks: The Pill versus the vaccine

    AstraZeneca’s clot controversy turns attention on the contraceptive pill.

  20. Too fast for Minecraft?

    Gamers raise suspicions over speed run times - are they right?

  21. In praise of Covid Data

    How we came to expect dashboards full of statistics.

  22. Deciding when to suspend a vaccine

    Weighing up the risk of unproven side effects with stopping Covid-19

  23. The truth about obesity and Covid-19

    Are countries with higher obesity rates suffering from more deaths?

  24. Sainthood and Cup draws

    Your chances of becoming a saint, plus football odds.

  25. Why are US Covid cases falling?

    From herd immunity to the weather, Tim Harford explores the theories

  26. Covid 19 death count: Which countries are faring worst?

    Tim Harford finds out if we can trust international comparisons with the available data.

  27. Comparing death counts, Lock Down drinking and Long Covid

    Is the UK’s Covid-19 death count among the worst in the world?

  28. How much Covid in the world?

    Counting all the virus particles in every human on the planet.

  29. Brexit exports, cladding and are 1 in 5 disabled?

    Are exports to the EU down since Brexit? Plus removing flammable building cladding.

  30. Glasgow vs Rwanda

    Could life expectancy in some parts of Glasgow be worse than in Rwanda?

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