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How deadly is Covid 19?

Tim Harford explains why there isn’t one single death rate.

Tim Harford explores what we know about mortality rates in the current pandemic. We discuss the differences between the risks to different age groups, and why that has an effect on a country’s Covid 19 fatality rate.

We speak to Dr Hannah Ritchie from the University of Oxford and Dr Daniel Howdon of the University of Leeds in the UK.

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Mon 9 Nov 2020 10:50GMT
BBC World Service

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