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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 24 Sep 2020

    It is quite fascinating that if you tell someone they have a 99.5% of surviving they think it's fine but tell them 1 in 200 people die and it's very scary People are so odd

    2:14 PM - 24 Sep 2020
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      2. barryjohnreid2‏ @barryjohnreid21 24 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Then tell them the morbidity figure for the over 20’s is 15%!

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      3. Pajamas It Is‏ @HeckofaLiberal 24 Sep 2020
        Replying to @barryjohnreid21 @GidMK

        It’s not though.

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      1. Ferg‏ @christoferguson 24 Sep 2020
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      1. Protik Islam-Jakobsson‏ @ikitorp 24 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        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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      1. Seth Edmunds‏ @seth_edmunds 24 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        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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      1. Melissa‏ @Melissa2664 24 Sep 2020
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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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      2. Louis Winthorpe III‏ @CFA_Life 24 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        The brain sees 1 of 200 and thinks me. It sees 99.5% and thinks them.

        3 replies 11 retweets 100 likes
      3. Solo‏ @Yarra32 24 Sep 2020
        Replying to @CFA_Life @GidMK

        Yes. They will imagine themselves as 0.5% dead. Which doesn’t seem bad. But death is absolute.

        0 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
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      2. Jen Lee, PhD‏ @JenniferLeePhD 24 Sep 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        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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      3. OptimisticFinsFanFromWestchester‏ @CFan1972 24 Sep 2020
        Replying to @JenniferLeePhD @GidMK

        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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