[ThomasC]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Yes. Although, also, no.

Yes there are huge mathematical misunderstandings at play here and this is the risk of presenting a population with a bunch of raw data when the majority of that population has no real understanding (or often any understanding) of stats.

But also no they shouldn’t look up base rate fallacy, because looking up stats concepts, if they have no basic understanding of stats, is frankly just going to confuse them even more.

I don't think people need to know the ins and outs of stats to understand they are just that, stats..... Stats which are wildly misconstrued. I'd just say it's common sense.

Ohhh, more people have tested positive for COVID,,,, yes but more people are using and having to use the app....

More people are dying from COVID,,,,what the ones who died of something completely different?

Double vaxed makes up 80%...well, yeah, shock horror considering that's probably the % of people already vacinnated.

It's scaremongering to the extreme whilst children die of starvation, die of flu, die of poverty, heart attacks, cancer.

Whilst stats have a place, of course they do, they are just that.

What's more damaging is the media who don't portray the full picture and paint the picture to fit their own narrative.