OT: Coronavirus statistics: what can we trust and what should we ignore?

Article is written by two heavyweights: Sylvia Richardson, director, MRC Biostatistics Unit, president elect of the Royal Statistical Society; David Spiegelhalter[1], chairman, Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication

"The past few weeks has seen an unstoppable epidemic ? of statistics. The flood threatens to overwhelm us all, but what do all these numbers mean? Here are eight statistics you may see, with some warnings about how much we might trust them."

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Currently I like

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because it - presents the information in lots of different ways - defines what is shown and why, with comments - subsets the information where helpful - is pleasantly self-deprecating, a forgotten virtue - doesn't have an agenda

Or, slicker but slower

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[1] I'm a fan of Spiegelhalter and his popularisation of "micromorts" :)
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