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Choice of Outcome in COVID-19 Studies and Implications for Policy: Mortality and Fatality.
- Source :
- American Journal of Epidemiology; Feb2022, Vol. 191 Issue 2, p282-286, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- In this brief communication, we discuss the confusion of mortality with fatality in the interpretation of evidence in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and how this confusion affects the translation of science into policy and practice. We discuss how this confusion has influenced COVID-19 policy in France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom and discuss the implications for decision-making about COVID-19 vaccine distribution. We also discuss how this confusion is an example of a more general statistical fallacy we term the "Missing Link Fallacy." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00029262
- Volume :
- 191
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155241080
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwab244