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Overdiagnosis: why scientists and statisticians think we should test fewer people
A targeted testing strategy is the gold standard when screening for disease. This is the best practice for a reason.
Overdiagnosis: false-negatives and sensitivity of RT-PCR [1]
why false negatives aren't as much of a problem in practice
Overdiagnosis: technical versus clinical false positive [2]
Whether or not a false positive is an error can depend on who you ask
Overdiagnosis: how early detection changes the definition of disease itself [3]
what does it mean when disease incidence is uncorrelated with mortality. can you have cancer even if you will never be sick?
The best and worst of public health
being healthy means saying yes to life
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Understanding Risk From Viral Disease
Infection is a risk factor, not a disease itself
Science does not solve our problems. People do.
when we look only to scientists for solutions, we will come up short
Defining Success: Zero-risk is not an option
We still do have to learn to live with all viruses
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Limits of Inference
practical application of data science and statistics for entrepreneurs (and everyone else)

Limits of Inference

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