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

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

Will re-opening some schools put children or their teachers at risk?

More or Less · BBC Radio 4

May 20, 202028m 6s

Show Notes

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.