So much of the outbreak has been dominated by figures. Since the pandemic brought the world to a screeching halt in early 2020, numbers have been the big talking point. First it was the numbers through the world. Which country had Corona cases, how many deaths reported where, countries which had huge numbers, countries that had smaller numbers, the world statistics were up and running on social media and comparisons were touted by people at home, and leaders alike.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) reeled off numbers about how many people were affected in different ways, occasionally, how many months were we away from a vaccine, different numbers but numbers nevertheless.