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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life

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Tim Harford looks at the debate over making your own Covid-19 protection.

Tim Harford examines whether covering your mouth and nose with cloth offers protection against Covid-19.

Do face masks stop you getting coronavirus? You might instinctively think that covering your mouth and nose with cloth must offer protection from Covid-19. And some health authorities around the world say people should make their own masks. But expert opinion is divided. Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander unpick the arguments.


(A woman wears a homemade face mask in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Photo credit:Francisco Macías/Getty Images)

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