Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #bestintentions

Most recents (1)

It would be great if every medication worked 100% of the time, but they don't.

The NNT (Number needed to treat) is a way to quantify how often the medication "works"

(caveat: what a drug "working" means is a whole other tweetorial/PhD dissertation!)
#SafeMedsBC
To help us get our heads around the math of NNT... an analogy...

Imagine kids learning to read.
If you have 20 kids in a grade one class, by the end of the year, you might have 10 kids who can read. By the end of Grade 3, likely almost all will be able to read.

#SafeMedsBC
THE MATH PART:
20 kids x 3y = 60 kids, after 3 years ~60 can read
60 kids/60 readers = NNT of 1, ie every kid that you send to school for Grade 1-3 has a pretty good chance of learning to read (AMAZING!!)
#SafeMedsBC
Read 10 tweets

Related hashtags

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!