Covid By Numbers: Making Sense of the Pandemic with Data: Pelican Books

by David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters

Book Overview

How many people have died because of COVID-19? Which countries have been hit hardest by the virus? What are the benefits and harms of different vaccines? How does COVID-19 compare to the Spanish flu? How have the lockdown measures affected the economy, mental health and crime? This year we have been bombarded by statistics - seven day rolling averages, rates of infection, excess deaths. Never have numbers been more central to our national conversation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0241547733
• ISBN13: 9780241547731
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 320 Pages