Biotech Values

[DewDiligence]

Dumbing down in NYT article on statins:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/well/weighing-the-pros-and-cons-of-statins.html

Doctors define cardiovascular risk as a percentage chance of a heart attack or stroke occurring within the next 10 years based on the presence of well-established risk factors…

Let’s say your risk is 19 percent. That means among 100 people with similar risk factors, 19 are likely to have a heart attack or stroke within the next decade.

It’s so helpful that they tell us 19/100 = 19%.