The entire field of epidemiology is about balancing cost and benefit, risk and reward. There is no choice without consequences, even the seemingly trivial ones
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This is a big part of the reason I spend so much time trying to convey nuance. There is no decision we can make for public health that is purely good There are no silver bullets
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These are things that every epidemiologist knows, and as a field we have been trying to convey since the start of the pandemic Risk, and reward Cost, and benefit Everything is a trade-off
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Government restrictions to prevent COVID-19 have benefits They have costs Deciding NOT to prevent COVID-19 is precisely the same Which decision is better? That is where the evidence comes in
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Interestingly the masters of epidemiology at LSHTM had optional health economics units with LSE but it wasn’t compulsory.
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This is much more typical; health econ in some form is almost always available, but rarely a full course as part of the core curriculum.
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