Recently this paper was published purporting to show that staying at home does not prevent COVID-19 deaths I don't think the evidence provided supports that at all! Some peer-review on twitter 1/nhttps://twitter.com/jhnhellstrom/status/1368585541462208519 …
-
Show this thread
-
Replying to @GidMK
The biggest problem with this study is that it ignores time. When one evaluates the data over time one sees a clear pattern: a rise in infection rates drives people to stay at home which then drives a reduction in infection rates.
1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes -
Replying to @Hopozitzia @GidMK
Hmm, as far as I understand, they actually try to incorporate time by doing a regression over two time series (mobility, mortality). That's the new method they propose. I think that
@GidMK slightly mischaracterizes the author's method by not mentioning this.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
Oh I just didn't focus on time because it wasn't the biggest weakness or strength imo. The main issue I have with their approach in this regard is that they made no attempt to correct for potential lags in impact of mobility, and also that the two time series should be collinear
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.