[FRIAM] numbers

[Tom Johnson]

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 <profwest at fastmail.fm> 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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