Week 03: Basic Statistics (Part I)
Week 03 Discussion (200 words).
Question(s):
- Read: Kolifarhood, G., Aghaali,M., Saadati, H.M., Taherpour, N., Rahimi, S., Izadi, M., & Nazari, S.S.H. (2020, April). Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of COVID-19; a Narrative Review (PDF). Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 8(1): e41.
Use this article to apply some of the concepts about incidence and prevalence to COVID-19. Be sure to read the entire article (don’t just do a search) and discuss the following:
- What do we know about the statistics around the mean incubation periods?
- What about the median infectivity, pathogenicity and incubation periods?
- What is the range of incubation?
- What information would be helpful to know that is missing?
NR514: EPIDEMIOLOGY & POPULATION HEALTH