A friend recently posted this graph from an investment company flyer as evidence that the risk of death from COVID-19 is much smaller than the mainstream media are suggesting.
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My COVID-19 test is positive … do I really have it?
Michael DeWine, governor of the state of Ohio in the United States, provided a visible example of the properties of screening tests.
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To be conservative in one’s assumptions is a much-celebrated virtue in science, but the term carries an ambiguity that deserves highlighting.
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