Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

One thing right off the bat is that many of these studies don't include minors. Since children are less likely to have COVID-19, excluding them will tend to bias the reported infection rate upward from the true rate throughout the population. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 24, 2020 Hibernated

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The next big issue is sampling. Is the study even purporting to capture a random sample of the population? If so, how successful is its strategy for doing that? And what are the likely biases? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 24, 2020 Hibernated

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Another one: some studies are only conducted among purportedly asymptomatic people. If, say, 10% of *asymptomatic* people in a given population test positive, the overall rate of disease (symptomatic + asymptomatic people) will be higher. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 24, 2020 Hibernated