I would also tell you about the limits of the models I used and tell you whether I was using biased data or unbiased data. I would also not allow the media to present my “estimates” as gospel truth. You seem to worship at the temple of government science. I do not, but respect your choice of who to place faith in. I choose to use my mind and my education. I have found that government science is often politicized science and have healthy skepticism about government scientific pronouncements.. Several decades ago did you believe it when CDC and others asserted that HIV was easily transmitted in the air?