Word: ropeik
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...computer model designed to simulate clinical trials on a hypothetical population of South African women. South Africa was chosen because of the large amount of available data and because it is a relatively advanced developing nation, according to Director of Risk Communication at the Center for Risk Analysis David Ropeik...
However, the model can be adapted to other countries as well, Ropeik says, and the team is currently awaiting grant money from the NIH to develop their model for other nations...
...Ropeik says that the team is sending executive summaries of the analysis to policy and health organization around the world, and to policy makers in every developing nation...
...Ropeik said that he felt the Senate debate on Graham was in some part partisan politics, but also the result of conflicting notions of how risk should be assessed...
...debate may have devolved into partisanship but there were underlying conflicting views of risk,” Ropeik said. The disagreement was “how large a role [in assessing risk] should facts have in comparison with values and fears...