Then tell them the morbidity figure for the over 20’s is 15%!
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It’s not though.
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This is why we should tell them both—but I think the latter framing is more useful to most people. As a rule, when communicating eg. risks and benefits, I prefer to include a "x in y people" explanation.
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I think an easier way to explain that is imagine a person silhouette with 0.5% of their head shaded bright red and then imagine 200 silhouettes with one shaded bright red. When things are explained in integers, they are easier to comprehend.
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I am trying to get this through to my 20 year old. He understands the severity of the virus, but is fixated on the percentages.
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The brain sees 1 of 200 and thinks me. It sees 99.5% and thinks them.
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Yes. They will imagine themselves as 0.5% dead. Which doesn’t seem bad. But death is absolute.
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Most adults in the US have sub-par numeracy, which makes health education so tricky. Especially when understanding is necessary for good decision making.https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/learn/UnderstandingLiteracy.html …
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A sizeable portion of the U.S. population thinks the earth is 6000 years old and that an imaginary figure in a jewish origin story from 2500 years ago built a giant boat and survived a flood that killed the dinosaurs. Sub-par numeracy is the tip of the iceberg.
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