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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Dec 2021

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted NimwegenLab

    More log-scale graphs instead of linear ones—with the proper explanation—and replacing relative measures like “vaccine efficacy” with other ways of conveying the same information would really help, in my view. Matching method of communication to what it needs to express matters.https://twitter.com/NimwegenLab/status/1470448897818509313 …

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    NimwegenLab @NimwegenLab
    Data analysis 101 lesson. What did you think when you saw that fit to the red data points? Turns out the report also provides the same data with the y-axis on a log-scale. What do you think now? https://twitter.com/kakape/status/1470437771852537856 … pic.twitter.com/arW0W7B6Pb
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      2.  🏳️‍🌈 🗽 ✊‏ @dirtylib666 13 Dec 2021
        Replying to @zeynep

        I’m a little confused… is the idea that the log scale graph more accurately shows that Omicron is not that way more transmissible than Delta? My takeaway was, “Wow, both graphs show that Omicron is way more transmissible than Delta.”

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      3. Guillaume‏ @Jamgui5 13 Dec 2021
        Replying to @dirtylib666 @zeynep

        I guess the idea was that the extrapolation on the linear graph from a near flat line to an exponential could be tagged as dubious, while the same extrapolation on the log graph looks obvious.

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      2. Dave of the axi‏ @Dave_of_the_axi 13 Dec 2021
        Replying to @zeynep

        Not to do with graphs but I was wondering if there has been any universality of early symptoms? We were taking temps for a while but that seems to be gone now. I know several who have had it, lost taste and smell. Just wondering about any reliable early indicator?

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      3. Jeff Cavanagh‏ @JeffCavanagh1 13 Dec 2021
        Replying to @Dave_of_the_axi @zeynep

        Inhaling air previously breathed by others without filtration.

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      1. Selenite‏ @AltSelenite 13 Dec 2021
        Replying to @zeynep @ScottGottliebMD

        Selenite Retweeted Selenite

        An amateur comparison here. Log scales make comparison of exponents straightforward. 🙂 But it is easier to understand the actual scale of things when the linear scale is used, unless it is many orders of magnitude (which may be hard to comprehend anyway).https://twitter.com/AltSelenite/status/1470432047768367106 …

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        Hospital admissions seem to raise quicker than usual in South Africa. Log scale. Denmark has a large spike of cases, but lower Omicron share. pic.twitter.com/UxzSGzvpNq
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