In message <[log in to unmask]>, Darren Walter
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Is it just me?
No. As a non-academic type, I was surprised to read the Email exchanges
on E-BMJ. An overall mortality XS of 4% isn't exactly earth-shattering
enough to change medical practice urgently, much less whisk the media up
into a frenzy of hyperbole. When you realize that the stats the
headlines were based on were, to be kind, open to other interpretations,
you start to understand why our elders and betters urge EXTREME caution
in dealings with the media. Their power to influence mass opinion is a
double-edged sword.
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Dr. Gautam Ray (e-mail: [log in to unmask])
Sussex, U.K.
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