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Is there like a standardized risk scale for understanding odds in medicine? I mean, I probably have a 1 in a million chance of dying every month I choose to dr
by techpineapple 1y ago
Is there like a standardized risk scale for understanding odds in medicine? I mean, I probably have a 1 in a million chance of dying every month I choose to drive regularly, but if I were to argue with an anti-vaxxer, or try to determine my own risk tolerance, has someone developed a standardized way of understanding risk/odds? At what level do you say "This is a risky vaccine"?
- random3 1y agoThe beauty of odds is that, as ratios, they are universal and work the same in medicine as in sports betting or elections.
- techpineapple 1y agoStatistically, yes, emotionally? No. Like there are hands at poker it is logical to go all in on, that one would probably not go all in on if your life was at stake. You can theoretically always rebuild a bank roll. But because it’s all numbers, books have been written about poker to help people intuitively understand what the odds mean, and how to play the odds over a game/career. Have similar books been written about medicine? I actually disagree with you, yes, the numbers are the same, but the game theory is completely different.
- dist-epoch 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort