Main content
The medical trial that proved Trump wrong
The Recovery Trial identified drugs that did and did not help save lives.
The Recovery Trial, a nation-wide clinical study in the UK, helped identify treatments for Covid 19 in the early months of the pandemic. Tim Harford speaks to Professor Martin Landray of Oxford University whose team established the randomised trial.
(Covid-19 patient in an Intensive Care hospital ward, London June 4 2020. Photo: Lynsey Addario /Getty Images)
Last on
Mon 24 May 202109:50GMT
BBC World Service
Broadcasts
- Sat 22 May 202104:50GMTBBC World Service except East Asia & South Asia
- Sun 23 May 202113:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa
- Sun 23 May 202121:50GMTBBC World Service except East Asia & South Asia
- Mon 24 May 202102:50GMTBBC World Service South Asia & East Asia only
- Mon 24 May 202109:50GMTBBC World Service
Unlock the history and truth behind the data with The OU
Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.
When can you trust statistics?
BBC Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
Podcast
![]()
More or Less
Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics used in everyday life
