Kolek planning to go pro
Aww sorry, did I force you to post against your will again?
U of Minnesota report projects that the virus could be with us for another 18 months to 2 years.https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/new-report-cidrap-university-minnesota-outlines-covid-19-realities-advises-next-stepsTheir Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy is very well respected. I hope they are wrong, but....
You guys see chicoses behind every tree. Not me.
I struggle to see the benefit in this sort of study. It’s not proposing or sharing anything new or groundbreaking, just an bleak absolute worst case scenario. There’s a big difference between “we shouldn’t open tomorrow cause there are still big risks” and implying the end of life as we know it till 2022 laying out a scenario that will shatter many and sow nothing but seeds of despondency and despair. We’ve had plenty of calls for caution and wariness of this not ending as soon as we’d like, so it’s not some bold stance there. They may be quite respected, but this smacks of wanting to one up and be on the record with the most grave doomsday projection, like the other infectious disease expert from UPenn I believe
Obviously he doesn't want to look like an idiot. What is the point of Fauci's testimony? It's political theater and it would probably lead to Fauci getting axed.So what is there to gain? Make Trump seem stupid? I think he can handle that just fine on his own.
Honestly, it's probably for the better. If people Ike Fauci are going to be believed and have their recommendations followed by a large portion of the populace, they need to be kept entirely separate from the political fray.
Dr Fauci will testify before the Senate Committee on Health on May 12th.
Did cheeks succumb to covid? He/she has been mia.
If you don't see him behind the WarriorDad tree, then I seriously overestimated your intelligence.
WD, yes.Others, no.
The more experts we have giving their perspectives, the better prepared the governors can be to respond to different contingencies as they evolve. And in turn, the better prepared we can be as citizens to adjust to these shifting realities. The alternative is to ignore studies we don’t like. You can close your eyes if you prefer, but I’ll keep mine open.
Yes, that’s exactly what I said I’ve been respectful regardless of who I agree with, no need to be an arrogant tool. FFS
You did not say that in the post I was responding to. You actually began with the statement that "[you] struggle to see the benefit in this sort of study" so my post explained that it was important because it gave us another reputable data point. And by the way, researchers don't know what the result will be when they begin a project...so it does yield a scientific benefit to see if multiple studies show the same results. Because science....And is calling me an 'arrogant tool' your way of being respectful?
I was respectful until you implied i was close minded or purposefully ignorant to things outside my viewpoint in that passive aggressive endIng. There were plenty of ways to share the idea that you like to take in all the data points or studies you can without coming off the way you did, but you knew exactly what you were doing. Maybe I should have phrased it about sharing the results the way they did versus the study itself. I understand how science works. I understand how studies work. I also understand the impact that they can have on public sentiment depending on how they are handled. But thanks for patting me on my clearly naive head.But that doesn’t change my previous point. But I guess I shouldn’t be surprised given the way things go around here lately.
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Florida state officials have blocked medical examiners from releasing coronavirus death totals after it was found the examiners’ death count was 10% higher than the state said it was.The list of deaths, which had been released in real time by the state’s Medical Examiners Commission, is no longer being published, after the Florida Department of Health intervened, the Tampa Bay Times reported. The vital data, which includes demographic information and probable cause of death, has now been withheld for the last 11 days.