Miguel de Carvalho gave a keynote general public lecture in FENStatS (The Federation of European National Statistical Societies). The lecture was part of the celebrations of the European Statistics Day 2021 (October 20, 2021): https://www.fenstats.eu/news/2021-10-19_FENSTATS_SPE The event was jointly organized with SPE (Portuguese Statistical Society) and it supported the motto of the European Statistical Advisory Committee,"Statistics, a vaccine to protect democracy and combat the virus of disinformation"A copy of the lectures by Miguel de Carvalho and Walter Radermacher (President of FENStatS) is available on the following link: https://edin.ac/3pALBh2 Publication date 25 Oct, 2021