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Topic	WHO declares end to Covid global public health emergency
TaylorHeinicke 05/05/23 1:18:17 PM #41:	COVxy posted... Because the general public has a really hard time understanding error estimates, really variability in general. If you give an estimate, but the error bounds suggests that it's roughly uninterpretable, what will appear in the news the next day is the estimate, not the error bounds. I get that, I do. But it just doesn't sound like a valid reason to straight up hide data. Keep the caveat. That's fine. And if people misinterpret it, that's their fault. Disclaimer's right there. --- St. Louis Battlehawks (7-3) <cite>TaylorHeinicke posted [p:973281529] in WHO declar... [t:80433921]...</cite> <quote>COVxy posted... </cite><quote>Because the general public has a really hard time understanding error estimates, really variability in general. If you give an estimate, but the error bounds suggests that it's roughly uninterpretable, what will appear in the news the next day is the estimate, not the error bounds.</quote>I get that, I do. But it just doesn't sound like a valid reason to straight up hide data. Keep the caveat. That's fine. And if people misinterpret it, that's their fault. Disclaimer's right there. --- St. Louis Battlehawks (7-3)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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