Printable View
Tonight, NBC had “unreleased new data” showing “a 72% surge in cases where States have reopened”. Top secret never before seen data!Quote:
Originally Posted by xu82
Oh, and color me shocked that there was no response to my email inquiry as to the source of the data in the story you mention above.
It’s a downright lie.
Meanwhile, in Sweden, cases continue to drop, and intensive care beds and deaths have plummeted to a level so low they haven’t seen them since mid-March. WITHOUT EVER SHUTTING DOWN:
https://experience.arcgis.com/experi...6f9f87457ed9aa
So we will kill 150k people saving maybe a few thousand had we ended this lockdown a month ago when it became apparent it wasn’t nearly as bad as the model predicted. Way to see the big picture Fauci et al.Quote:
Originally Posted by noteggs
Nice useless and baseless scare tactic that means nothing. Do you work for NBC?Quote:
Originally Posted by bobbiemcgee
I’m glad your fellow Georgians are feeling so much better.
DTechnically, I think it MAY be (almost) statistically accurate, but it is definitely deliberately misleading. Georgia was having about 900 new cases per day when reopening. The new cases are dropping rapidly, but for many days the total was very high, so that was increasing the total cases since the beginning. They ignore the trend because it’s positive, and focus on how many more cases there are overall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Muskie in dayton
There is a guy who is “owning” this topic on my NFL message board. He’s a mod and has a PhD in microbiology. He worked in Big Pharma and university research he for decades. He agrees it’s deliberately misleading and alarmist, but did the math and says it’s closer to a 53% increase. Still a big number, still BS by the media to not present the full picture.
Either way, it’s just plain wrong.
Well.........THAT was cheery!Quote:
Originally Posted by noteggs
I’m ashamed to say how little this has affected me so far. I fully realize the deep impact of all this, but my life has changed because I can’t go out to lunch every day and I just walk instead of playing tennis. I guess hearing my wife work from home impacts me. Hell, the fact that she’s in the same city makes it different!
These past two months have been absolute hell for me and I know there are others in much worse situations than I am so I almost feel guilty for saying how shitty this has been.
Working from home with 3 year old twins is not possible yet company still expects the numbers (I'm in sales.) Its been absolutely miserable for me to basically be confined to.my home day after day after day...feel like I'm in groundhog day.
I will never understand people who like working from home, I absolutely hate it, even when the kids are in daycare.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xville
I enjoyed working from home, but I also enjoyed a little camaraderie at the office when I chose it. I had an ideal gig for me, and I miss it!
My wife is on calls and webex all day. She has ENORMOUS empathy for those who have kids at home. Brings it up several times a week. Good luck to you!
So wear a F-ing mask!Quote:
Originally Posted by bobbiemcgee
I'm admittedly conservative, but have zero problem wearing one.
To be fair, that appears to be just an extrapolation based on the forecasted impact of a recession that we don't know the severity of. It's more 'fear porn' just aimed in a different direction. I believe there is absolutely a toll here, but 150K seems aggressive. Although their cover their bases be forecasting a huge range. It's just another model that is probably inaccurate, much like the ones that MOR has posted about 154,245,592 times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Muskie in dayton