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    Are we suffering from 'numerical fatigue' when it comes to Covid?

    One of biggest lessons from a year of the pandemic is that numbers tell us something, but they don't tell us everything

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    'A recent study projected a global world population of 8.79 billion by 2100, considerably below previous UN estimates'

    Are children going out of fashion?

    Low birth rates have created major new challenges for countries around the world

    Society • 05 Aug 20
    "The actual question posed to people by Amarach Research asked what they feel to be the case and not what they believe to be the case in relation to the pandemic."

    The difference between feelings and beliefs around the pandemic

    If we want to understand the populace, we need to concentrate on the feelings around the crisis and not the so-called beliefs

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