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At 19:28 13/03/2020, Thomas Cox wrote: >I'm inclined to think that extrapolating to the entire population, >when the quarantines were applied to the cities with the highest >numbers of cases, rather than randomly selected and representative >cities, may not be appropriate. I'm not talking about any sort of 'extrapolation'. I'm merely expressing the number of deaths due to a particular cause in terms of deaths per 100,000 members of population - which, as you will know, is the standard epidemiological way of doing it. Kind Regards, John ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dr John Whittington, Voice: +44 (0) 1296 730225 Mediscience Services Fax: +44 (0) 1296 738893 Twyford Manor, Twyford, E-mail: [log in to unmask] Buckingham MK18 4EL, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk. *******************************************************