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I used to work doing epidemic models, it was torture sometimes to see people abuse mathematical concepts (eigenvalues, r0, etc) when talking about covid
by inasio 4y ago
I used to work doing epidemic models, it was torture sometimes to see people abuse mathematical concepts (eigenvalues, r0, etc) when talking about covid
- BrandoElFollito 4y agoWe had an expert one on TV answering questions, and one of the questions was the one I was burning to ask: "how do you know there are X infections per day"? To what he answers "because we get data from pharmacies, doctors, etc. about cases" - so how do you know that this is a total number? It is just the number of positive tests? - yes, so we know the ratio and therefore can tell for the whole population - so the number you provide is an estimate? - no, the number of cases (some time passed and then another question) - when you extrapolate (they used a more human-friendly term), how do you know that the ones who come for tests are representative of the whole population - ... While I must say that our government reacted to the pandemic almost very well (except that they lied at the beginning), some of the experts they put ahead were ridiculous.
- yoyopa 4y agowho was asking the questions?
- BrandoElFollito 4y agoIt was a "round table" kind of show with experts from the government, academia, science journalists etc. It was interesting because it raised the right questions but unfortunately dd not beiring any answers.