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Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter condemned ministers for using daily coronavirus figures as "number theatre" rather than providing "genuine information" to the public. Sir David, who is chairman of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the , also said it is “extraordinary” that it is not known how many people have truly had. He said "what's happened in this country" in terms of case numbers and death toll "is not inevitable." Sir David said he wished data was being presented by people who know its “strengths and limitations” and could “treat the audience with respect”.The eminent statistician also claimed his views on the "uselessness of international comparisons" had been previously misrepresented, and sought to clarify his stance. He said: "I just wanted to say that because of the enormously different ways countries are reporting their data, it's an enormously vacuous exercise to do a sort of Eurovision between whose the worst in Europe."I should have made much clearer that what I was talking about is the comparisons between the bad countries in Europe - the UK, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy. "I was not saying we can't make any comparisons at all, because clearly, it's important to note that we as a group is way above, in terms of mortality, a group like Germany, Austria, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, who have low fatality rates. "If only to say, that what's happened in this country is not inevitable, it doesn't mean it had to happen." He added that some say the infection fatality rate - the proportion of people infected with the virus who go on to die – is around 1 per cent. Sign up for exclusive newsletters, comment on stories, enter competitions and attend events.ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT? NEED AN ACCOUNT?

Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter condemned ministers for using daily coronavirus figures as "number theatre" rather than providing "genuine information" to the public. Sir David, who is chairman of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the , also said it is “extraordinary” that it is not known how many people have truly had. He said "what's happened in this country" in terms of case numbers and death toll "is not inevitable." Sir David said he wished data was being presented by people who know its “strengths and limitations” and could “treat the audience with...

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