Suggestion: change "rate" to "ratio" in two instances

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jakobschumacher commented 3 months ago

In epidemiology rates are used only when the denominator is a measure of time. Which is usually not the case for prevalence. See https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30439-4/fulltext

malcolmbarrett commented 3 months ago

Good catch, thanks!