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Teachers, Test & Trace and Butterflies
Are teachers more at risk from Covid-19? There鈥檚 a new virus test in town. Does it work? Plus, are British butterflies on the road to extinction?
Prominent Labour politicians have claimed teachers are more likely to catch Covid-19, is that true?
England鈥檚 Test and Trace programme has been widely criticised, has it raised its game in recent months? A ferocious row has broken out between scientists about how effective fast turnaround Lateral Flow tests are, and how they should be used. We examine the data.
Plus, we examine a claim from Extinction Rebellion that British butterflies have declined by 50% since 1976.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats
Tim Harford investigates numbers in the news: are they always reliable?
