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Obesity and poker

Would fewer people have died from Covid-19 if we were thinner? And what poker teaches us about statistics.

(Poker cards. Getty images)

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Mon 24 Aug 2020 15:50GMT
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  • Mon 24 Aug 2020 01:50GMT
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