On 2020-04-03 18:15, Roger Clarke wrote:

> Best demo yet of 100% image and 0% substance.
> 
> 'Case numbers' is a meaningless metric, because it's impossible to know what 
> each of the at least 40 data-elements means, it adds apples and oranges, and 
> none of it tells anyone anything useful.

What "40 data-elements" do you have in mind?  I presume "case-numbers" refers 
to the number of cases indicated by a specific diagnostic test or, at very 
least, a set of symptoms indicative of CV with high probability.

> Metrics that can assist in public health decisions:
> -   Deaths

On the other hand, number of deaths is rather imprecise unless it's qualified 
by age and the existence of predisposing conditions.

DL
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