The political side of the Covid response is extremely interesting. As outlined previously, the evidence policymakers had to work on early was very minimal. Mostly, predictions from modelling studies that should not be interpreted for the point estimates (i.e., the exact figures) they predict, but merely as a way to examine possible scenarios while considering the model’s limitations – what is/isn’t being considered within the model. Instead, we got newspaper headlines that focused solely on the big scary numbers from these point estimates alone.
‘The science’ and the politics
‘The science’ and the politics
‘The science’ and the politics
The political side of the Covid response is extremely interesting. As outlined previously, the evidence policymakers had to work on early was very minimal. Mostly, predictions from modelling studies that should not be interpreted for the point estimates (i.e., the exact figures) they predict, but merely as a way to examine possible scenarios while considering the model’s limitations – what is/isn’t being considered within the model. Instead, we got newspaper headlines that focused solely on the big scary numbers from these point estimates alone.