Ah, say what? An Aver says, Better diagnosis increases - TopicsExpress



          

Ah, say what? An Aver says, Better diagnosis increases paralysis? Boy, that sure is dangerous, having medical care... This was in response to increased non-polio AFP as part of polio eradication campaigns. To make sure polio is gone, all cases of AFP are recorded and investigated. The number of cases is an indication of the quality of surveillance. The more cases that are found that are not polio, the more confidence that polio is still not lurking in the population. I think this AVer is implying that you are only paralysed if a doctor diagnoses the condition and reports it to WHO and thus before vaccine campaigns non-polio AFP didnt exist because the cases were not recorded. So better diagnosis does not increase paralysis, but does increase the number of reported cases of paralysis. Failure to grasp this simple concept really does limit her ability to understand the data but of course, this AVer does not let lack of ability get in the way of thinking she understands this data better than epidemiologists.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 02:48:01 +0000

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