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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

Michigan, USA
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    2. Stuart Sims‏ @SimsYStuart Jan 15
      Replying to @PaulVCooper1 @gorskon and

      Yes Paul, I’m apparently too cognitively deficient to understand basic statistics. You guys are funny. Let me help you out here. Here’s the math. Ready? 389,000/328 million is the mortality rate. That is 1 out of every 100,000 (as epidemiologists like to phrase it).

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    3. Vicki Allen Crabb‏ @crabb_vicki Jan 15
      Replying to @SimsYStuart @PaulVCooper1 and

      Your calculation is incorrect (389,000/328,000,000)*100,000 = ~120 deaths per 100,000. This estimate is likely low due to lag time in reporting. /1

      1 reply 0 retweets 28 likes
    4. Stuart Sims‏ @SimsYStuart Jan 15
      Replying to @crabb_vicki @PaulVCooper1 and

      Check your math Vicki.

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    5. Stuart Sims‏ @SimsYStuart Jan 15
      Replying to @SimsYStuart @crabb_vicki and

      Ok, I just checked my own math. I was incorrect (that’s what I get for trying to cook dinner and play with my kids while doing calculations). 389,000/328 million is 118 out of every 100,000. Good catch. 😍

      4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    6. country before party‏ @jakehirsch77 Jan 16
      Replying to @SimsYStuart @crabb_vicki and

      Props for checking your math and for admitting it. That's rare in life and maybe even more rare on twitter. Will you now re-examine your conclusions based on that math? Math is easy to check. Changing your opinion is a lot harder. It's rare in life and even more rare on Twitter.

      3 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
    7. Stuart Sims‏ @SimsYStuart Jan 16
      Replying to @jakehirsch77 @crabb_vicki and

      No. The error wasn’t relevant to my point. I just tried to do too many things at once last night and miskeyed a number. The mortality statistic remains 0.1%. But the response to a simple math error by this bunch is far more interesting to me. Like 3rd grade bullies. Funny

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    8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 16
      Replying to @SimsYStuart @jakehirsch77 and

      The response was based on your dismissive lecturing to “check your math” when corrected and your arrogance acting as though you know more than physicians and epidemiologists. THAT’S why your self-own as a result of your math error was so hilarious.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    9. Stuart Sims‏ @SimsYStuart Jan 16
      Replying to @gorskon @jakehirsch77 and

      You sure read slot of subtext into tweets Doc. Says much more about you than it does me. When I typed,”check your math”, I was cooking my dinner over a outdoor fire pit and playing with my kids. My request for her to “check your math” was sincere and said with good intentions.🙄

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    10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 16
      Replying to @SimsYStuart @jakehirsch77 and

      Oh please. It came across as VERY dismissive..🙄

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 16
      Replying to @gorskon @SimsYStuart and

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      A reminder...https://twitter.com/gorskon/status/1350405485623713792 …

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      David Gorski, MD, PhDVerified account @gorskon
      It gets even better when @crabb_vicki does the math correctly for him and more hilarity ensues. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/CyHGSbSYJ5
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