![More or Less: Behind the Stats artwork](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts113/v4/26/cf/32/26cf3245-4f2f-bfde-8117-2e08b9e98ab0/mza_3048031617250188411.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
Covid plasma therapy
More or Less: Behind the Stats
English - August 26, 2020 08:30 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratingsNews Education Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: A-level algorithms, poker and buses
Donald Trump says allowing the emergency use of blood plasma therapy for coronavirus patients will save “countless lives” and is “proven to reduce mortality by 35%”. We look at the evidence. Amid talk of coronavirus being back on the rise in the UK, what does the data show? Could screening for breast cancer from the age of 40 save lives? And can it really be true than one in five women in 18th century London made a living selling sex?