Oso planning to go pro
I saw some people above in the thread passing this article of Ginn’s around below. So I wanted to point it out. https://medium.com/six-four-six-nine/evidence-over-hysteria-covid-19-1b767def5894
It is still wrong, misleading and filled with assumptions that are unlikely at best. Reposting it doesn’t make it any more valid.
Interesting, was also not a fan of that article at all. Very selective in what data he used. In many regards very inaccurate. It read to me just like how a lot of "health sites" abuse data to prove whatever point they want. There are enough nuggets in it to make it seem informed and reasonable, but leaves out all data, even if there is more of it, that disproves their agenda.
Sorry, misunderstood. Just assumed people would click on the link from the twitter link.
Some of the charts and graphs are interesting, however.
BREAKING: Italy reports 6,557 new cases of coronavirus and 793 new deaths, raising total to 53,578 cases and 4,825 deadUgh.
It was clearly slanted but I found some of the alternative data points interesting. Everything is getting absurdly political these days. It feels like it’s become even more profoundly “it’s just the flu, this is all liberal plot” vs “90% of of the population will be infected by July 4th and every older person you love will die and the Great Depression will be a cakewalk”. No in between. It’s exhausting to try and find any sort of moderate take. People have chosen their sides and dug in, just like everything else partisan these days
This could be a game changer in an eventual partial return to normal. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/488807-fda-authorizes-first-rapid-point-of-care-coronavirus-test
If you believe the theory that it takes 23-24 days to resolve an infection (either recovered or dead), the people dying now caught the virus around the last few days of February. Italy didn't lock down until March 13th. That would mean they are going to see another two weeks of escalating death tolls until it, hopefully, starts to level off and then decrease.The US still isn't in a lockdown, it is a patchwork depending on local authorities. Texas finally officially closed schools statewide only yesterday and prohibited dine-in at bars and restaurants. Thankfully a lot of locals took matters into their hands earlier, but this haphazard reaction means things are likely to get worse for at least the next three weeks.
sorry, I'll do better next time.We worried yet?
US population much larger than Italy. More than 5x.