What they say counts. And rarely more so than during a pandemic. Statisticians have been unambiguously and visibly frontline since Covid took hold last year. Suddenly, and thankfully, number crunchers are box office. Two of the trade’s most eminent representatives made it on to the flagship current affairs Sunday morning programmes – with analysis that cut right through political rhetoric. First up was Professor Sir Ian Diamond, head of Britain’s independent Office of National Statistics or ONS. Or, the “chief stato” as he was introduced by the eponymous host of Sky News’ Trevor Phillips On Sunday. Sir Ian came bearing good news and bad. The good news was that Britons may be increasingly immune to Covid. Or, more accurately, most people have antibodies to fight the disease – though that, of course, is no guarantee they will not get it.
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