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2845 ways to spin the Risk

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In the animation below we show how risks can be ‘spun’ to look bigger or smaller, how medical treatments can be made to seem useless or to be wonder cures, and how lifestyle changes might look worthwhile or not worth bothering with. All by changing the words used, the way the numbers are expressed, and the particular graphics chosen.

Author(s): 
David Spiegelhalter
Author(s): 
Mike Pearson
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