Literally the first thing my mentor taught me when I got my first epi job was to carefully study the denominator because without that all your stats are meaningless
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It's the first thing my boss asks, because it's the most important!
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I loved the US official last week saying most CFR figures are wrong and it’s actually Like 0.1% (No source, even though plausible) And then instantly follows with ‘yeah this is a denominator issue’ Yeah - so stop making up numbers!!!
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I've actually had this discussion a few times now - the case fatality ratio, i.e. current proportion of deaths/cases, is ~3% worldwide. The TRUE case fatality rate won't be known for a while, but is probably 0.5-1% based on best estimates
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I was raised Methodist, but don't understand why that matters.


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There must be some rule about not confusing correlation for causation.
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What about the %
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I know how to start (and maybe finish) my epi class tomorrow...
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