Choice of Outcome in COVID-19 Studies and Implications for Policy: Mortality and Fatality
| Autor: | Peter W. G. Tennant, Eleanor J Murray, Maarten van Smeden, Daniel Westreich, Jessie K. Edwards |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Fallacy
Risk 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Epidemiology Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Missing Link Fallacy Outcome (game theory) Vulnerable Populations methods fatality Pandemic medicine Humans AcademicSubjects/MED00860 Positive economics Mortality Policy Making Confusion SARS-CoV-2 Interpretation (philosophy) Health Policy COVID-19 Original Contribution Epidemiologic Studies medicine.symptom Psychology policy |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Epidemiology |
| ISSN: | 1476-6256 0002-9262 |
| Popis: | 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.” |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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