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How do we know statistics can be trusted? We talked to the humans behind the numbers to find out

  • Written by Samantha Vilkins, PhD candidate, Australian National University

In April, as the coronavirus pandemic was gathering force around the world, reporters asked Brendan Murphy, then Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, about international case numbers. In his answer, he made an interesting comment:

The only numbers I have total faith in are the Australian numbers.

“Faith” might seem an odd word to use...

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