Did the WHO get some of its excess death estimates wrong?

More or Less: behind the statistics

Saturday, 14 May 2022 - 9 minutes

The World Health Organisation recently released some new estimates of the global death toll of the pandemic. But the figures for a few countries have caused controversy. Tim Harford speaks to Professor Jon Wakefield, who worked on the analysis - and Indian data journalist Rukmini S about the debate that’s erupted in India over the figures.



(man puzzled at blackboard. Credit: Getty images)

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