Re: numbers

Posted by Tom Johnson on Nov 02, 2020; 4:09pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/numbers-tp7599310p7599312.html

Both numbers may be accurate but not particularly helpful bcs they lack context. One would have to start with, at least, a ratio of cases to some level of population, per 10,000 or 100,000,etc. 

It drives me nuts that the state's health department or somebody publishes daily cases by ZIP without showing the population of those ZIPs. And then newspapers like the New Mexican publish the case numbers without context. 

T. 

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020, 9:01 AM Prof David West <[hidden email]> wrote:

Which is scarier?

  -- 41 out of 50 states show an increase in COVID cases.
  -- 105 out of 3,141 counties show an increase in COVID cases.

Which is more accurate?

Which number should guide policy?

davew

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