Nothing is Normal in this Pandemic

• Authors: Gonçalves L, Amaral Turkman MA, Geraldes C, Marques TA, Sousa L
• Publication Year: 2021
• Journal: Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health 2210-6014
• Link: https://doi.org/10.2991/jegh.k.210108.001%20

This manuscript brings attention to inaccurate epidemiological concepts that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. In social media and scientific journals, some wrong references were given to a “normal epidemic curve” and also to a “log-normal curve/distribution”. For many years, textbooks and courses of reputable institutions and scientific journals have disseminated misleading concepts. For example, calling […]
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