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David Spiegelhal: "Even highly qualified scientists have been guided by their personal program" UK 2yrs

I didn’t take Covid seriously, admits leading statistician 2yrs

Can you capture the complex reality of the pandemic with numbers? Well, we tried… | David Spieg... 2yrs

COVID-19: Annual jabs and boosters to last for foreseeable future 2yrs

Dealing with uncertainty about the Omicron variant | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters 2yrs

How do we know the effect of boosters? | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters 2yrs

We can be confident there have been far more than 5 million global Covid deaths | David Spiegel... 3yrs

Which protects you more against Covid – vaccination or prior infection? | David Spiegelhalter a... 3yrs

What’s the value of a confirmatory PCR test? | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters 3yrs

Covid by numbers: 10 key lessons separating fact from fiction 3yrs

Rules and advice don’t slow the spread of the virus – human behaviour does | David Spiegelhalte... 3yrs

Numbers don’t always mean what they seem to mean | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters 3yrs

Will we reach herd immunity for the new coronavirus? | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters 3yrs

Why most people who now die with Covid have been vaccinated | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony M... 3yrs

What were some of the collateral effects of lockdowns? | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Master... 3yrs

Why is the new Covid variant spreading? | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters 3yrs

Will Covid-19 vaccines reduce virus transmission? | David Spiegelhalter & Anthony Masters 3yrs

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Covid, false positives and conditional probabilities... | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Maste... 3yrs

Which countries have fared worst in the pandemic? | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters 3yrs

How big are the blood-clot risks of the AZ jab? | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters 3yrs

Don’t fear the AstraZeneca jab, the risks are minimal | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters 3yrs

There's no evidence the Oxford vaccine causes blood clots. So why are people worried? | David S... 3yrs

Real-world effectiveness of the Covid jabs | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters 3yrs

Is 12 weeks between Covid jabs too long? | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters UK 3yrs

Is Covid more deadly and contagious than seasonal flu? | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Master... 3yrs

Just how effective is the Oxford coronavirus vaccine for the over-65s? | David Spiegelhalter an... 3yrs

Behind the numbers: how the recipients of the Covid vaccine are prioritised | David Spiegelhalt... 3yrs

Covid deaths eight times higher than those from flu or pneumonia 3yrs

When politicians cite Covid-19 statistics, they may be wrong – it doesn't mean the numbers are... 4yrs

Brits could be given individual coronavirus 'risk scores' UK 4yrs

Spiegelhalter says vast majority of Covid deaths would not have occurred in coming year 4yrs

Method of giving out Covid-19 statistics is 'not trustworthy' - expert 4yrs

COVID-19 deaths in care homes may have EXCEEDED hospital fatalities 4yrs