It is pretty surprising how many otherwise very smart people have apparently never heard of denominators and the importance of defining them #COVID19
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Exactly
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Is there much work in general in epi on this issue? Its taken ecologists a very long time to recognize issues of detection eg the number of animals you happen to count isn’t necessarily proportional to the population. Many still ignore it
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Where would a jounalist type read about denominators to better understand?
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The thing is, it is very simple. Whenever you see a percentage or proportion, ask yourself: "of what?". That is the denominator. Next, ask: "do we really know the denominator? I mean, really?"
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