Hello - I'm the author. I've found myself the last couple of weeks having a lot of conversations with friends and family around the misinterpretation of some of the main numbers and stats that are being published in journals and shared on social media around the COVID-19 outbreak.
I wrote the following blog post, summarising 8 key points , jargon-free, that were recurrent in these conversations...
There is already enough panic out there, we need to promote a level headed discussion about numbers and stats in a scientifically sound way, far from any journalistic sensationalism and fear-inducing headlines.
A big thank you to all the healthcare professionals on the frontlines. Please share if you find this helpful. And happy to answer any questions.
Thanks for writing this article! The media coverage for covid is so nauseating, all these numbers in the headlines, with no context, you'd think they're covering a sport event... What a shame.
What annoys me is there's no frame of reference for what the figures mean. There's the bubonic plague as a reference, but no way of knowing if Covid will match the figures gathered in the black death[0]