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Omicron, pandemic birth rates and boosters
An Omicron update, pandemic birth rates and a look at the government's promise on boosters.
The pandemic seems to be entering a new phase as Omicron has taken hold. Is it milder? And how might we make decisions based on the latest data?
Predictions that lockdowns might lead to a baby boom have proven wrong - in fact fertility is falling.
We re-examine a baffling claim about the number of children being abducted every year in the US after claims by a Republican politician on social media, and we run our statistical measuring tape up the inside leg of the government鈥檚 promise to give everyone a booster jab before New Year鈥檚 Day.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats
Tim Harford investigates numbers in the news: are they always reliable?
