[ex-Texan]

And I still say it's fuzzy math regardless of who is doing it . . .

'Fuzzy math' -- by medical scientists qualified with years of reasearch and statistics .... ?

I believe the good doctors. Sorry. I happen to have two advanced degrees myself and studied statistics at the graduate level.

'Nuff said. Over and out.

[TheBigB]

Same here. BS in microbiology; MS in Biological Science with an emphasis on virology. Studied Stats at the graduate level.

Your own degrees are scientific in nature, I assume?

[ContemptofCourt]

I happen to have two advanced degrees myself and studied statistics at the graduate level.

I only have one advanced degree and only have a minor in statistics, but I know enough to know that I can spin any set of numbers any way I want for my desired outcome.

250 have died from this disease....that is not even a blip on the radar, yet people are screaming that it is the end of the world....

[TheBigB]

Those comments from Allen were from two days ago.

Just to clarify, I'm not trying to belittle anyone who has legitimate concerns over SARS. But Jeeze Loo-weeze...there have been what, about 100 deaths in China...out of a nation of a BILLION? About 40 probable cases in the US, NO deaths. If the death rate is really so high, why hasn't anyone died in the US?

You're clueless. Over and out.

[Trust but Verify]

I asked whther all mortality rates are calculated this way. As someone with two advanced degrees, surely you would have the answer to this question.

[Trust but Verify]

I asked whether all mortality rates are calculated this way. As someone with two advanced degrees, surely you would have the answer to this question.

[BureaucratusMaximus]

'Fuzzy math' -- by medical scientists qualified with years of reasearch and statistics .... ?

Yes...it is possible...they are the same doctors that can put kids on Ritalin and come up with new ailments, such as IDontFeelLikeWorkingToday Syndrome. Qualified research told us in the 50's that cigarettes were good for you and now tells us that global warming will destroy the world as we know it. I don't blame people for questioning medical scientists qualified with years of reasearch and statistics; because they'll flat out lie if it benefits them in some way, shape or form just as much as the average Joe would.