The story of the R number: How an obscure epidemiological figure took over our lives. Part 4: The politics of R

Journal Article The story of the R number: How an obscure epidemiological figure took over our lives. Part 4: The politics of R Get access Gavin Freeguard Gavin Freeguard Gavin Freeguard is a freelance consultant specialising in data, an associate at the Institute for Government, policy associate at Connected by Data and special adviser at the Open Data Institute. He was originally commissioned by Understanding Patient Data to develop these articles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Significance, Volume 21, Issue 4, September 2024, Pages 19–22, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae058 Published: 09 August 2024