Kolek planning to go pro
Well Governor Cuomo(who just a few days ago was trending on twitter and being lauded by millions for how he has handled this) disagrees. Says the stay at home order and closing businesses in NY was probably not the best public health strategy. Also said there is a NEED for both public health and economic growth and we CAN do both. Yet, the President was absolutely getting blasted for saying this..again, to think people don't have agendas because of their hatred for this president is a flat out lie. Where isr the outrage over these comments from Cuomo?? Who many bow down to?? All I hear is crickets all of a sudden.https://www.foxnews.com/us/cuomo-closing-all-businesses-keeping-everyone-home-not-best-public-health-strategy
This is called a leader taking responsibility, perhaps admitting that he might have done something differently and not pretending that he knows everything.Your hero might want to try any one of those any time, instead of doubling down on his ridiculous assertions -- not just about the COVFEFE-19 situation but pretty much everything -- over and over again.Cuomo is admitting he's not sure what NY did was the right strategy. He's also not sure it was the wrong strategy. He is perplexed, as most are, by this. He listened to his experts, but he is not throwing them under the bus, calling them names, blaming the opposition party or accusing the media of being corrupt.Wow. It would be refreshing to have a national leader like that.
Its good news, that doesn't get eyeballs or clicks.
Crazy, right? I saw the story on Facebook but wanted to find a better source, and when I tried to find other sources, I was surprised at how few sites were carrying the story. Maybe 3 or 4 news sites, but none of the big names. I knew what I was looking for and had trouble finding it. I doubt many people will come across it just looking for news on the virus.Why wouldn't The Guardian, Reuters, AP, NY Times, NBC, etc. carry this? Most or maybe all of them all ran the original story. Why not pick up the update?
I don't mean to push back, but sometimes news takes a while to get out, but its the 4th from top post on /r/COVID-19 on reddit.And this one is top on /r/coronavirushttps://m.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/digitec/coronavirus-pandemie-bosch-erfindet-eigenen-covid-19-schnelltest-16697237.htmlSo there are good stories out there, but we are in a terrible situation and thing are getting worse. Sort of how news coverage works.
Dude, reddit page rank? You're better than than.And people are giving guru grief?
Off the rails with the politics again...
You know, it's easier to just say you don't understand things... especially, reddit.edit: Also, it would seem like you missed my point entirely. skianth16 said that there was no good news out there, and so I mentioned that the link he posted was quite popular, and that the top story on a subreddit with over 1.7 million subscribers was the story I linked.
I think you would do well to read Ferguson's Twitter thread on the topic this afternoon and then rethink some assumptions. @neil_ferguson: 1/4 - I think it would be helpful if I cleared up some confusion that has emerged in recent days. Some have interpreted my evidence to a UK parliamentary committee as indicating we have substantially revised our assessments of the potential mortality impact of COVID-19.@neil_ferguson: 2/4 -This is not the case. Indeed, if anything, our latest estimates suggest that the virus is slightly more transmissible than we previously thought. Our lethality estimates remain unchanged.@neil_ferguson: 3/4 - My evidence to Parliament referred to the deaths we assess might occur in the UK in the presence of the very intensive social distancing and other public health interventions now in place.@neil_ferguson: 4/4 - Without those controls, our assessment remains that the UK would see the scale of deaths reported in our study (namely, up to approximately 500 thousand).
Yikes, Cuomo said today that NYC peak is still 3 weeks out.
I think what Ferguson is referring to is the kind of story I saw on Facebook but didn't buy into right away. The link I shared made it clear that his adjustment to the numbers was based on the measures being taken to maintain social distancing and avoid non-essential work/travel. But to me, that's the number that matters. The numbers focusing on do-nothing scenarios are meaningless because the UK and essentially all other affected countries are actively trying to slow down the spread and limit the number of people affected. I take his response as a bit of a CYA comment to make sure people don't start to downplay the severity of the virus or for those who question the original, super high numbers. For me, the takeaway from the new numbers is that Ferguson and his fellow researchers believe the measures being taken are effective. It's confirmation that we're doing a lot of the right things.