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At this point people advocating the position you're advocating for are in a state of denial (this is my opinion, not a matter of fact, obviously). Your assumption is that we can effectively prevent th...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
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> I don't think 2X is "approximately", but I do agree that we don't have enough data right now to know the exact difference so I can't say for sure that COVID-19 is more than 2X as dangerou...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
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Table 2: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htmThe statement you differed with is "The third option is, when you take into account that it's approximately as bad as the flu for fol...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
> I find it very suspicious that young people who don't go to the hospital with severe disease would require oxygen or end up with life-long lung injuries.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
Young people are also drastically less likely to get severe disease, and drastically less likely to be hospitalized, see FIGURE 1. [1] I find it very suspicious that young people who don't go to the h...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
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> I am suggesting that you are preferring a rate based on an even more biased method, because the method yields a bigger number.What method? I merely stated that PCR has limitations, I never said I wa...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
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I don't think anyone disagrees that the sample has bias. On the other hand, since the majority of people have no choice but to grocery shop in person, I do not think the sample is as tilted as you im...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
Just some numbers:In Sweden, which only has a voluntary lockdown, over 30% of covid19 dead come from elderly homes[0]. Swedish elderly care is highly focused on keeping the elderly independent (at hom...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
It will probably be significantly higher than 60%, since COVID-19's R0 without lockdown seems to be pretty high. The CDC has estimated it at 5.7 [0]. Herd immunity threshold = 1 - 1/R0, so the thresho...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
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Except this data is also lagging by three weeks, depending on what antibodies are being checked. Some deaths today have come from infections in April, so the net effect could be a wash.And where are ...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
I disagree. It's simply too early to make that determination.The Spanish Flu had a estimated infection fatality ratio of >2.5% (https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/1/05-0979_article). As another comm...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
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Is it? I read the original comment as saying there were significantly different symptoms based on the transmission method. Even assuming that the transmission method results in a significantly differe...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
Your comment doesn't address my point. See this Twitter thread, https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1251999295231819778specifically this comment:https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/12520080403...
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
show context + On: Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents have C
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> Out of 4,063 pilots, not a single airman fit within the average range on all 10 dimensions.> Less than 40 of the 3,864 contestants were average size on just five of the nine dimensions and none of t...
show context + On: When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages (2016)
show context + On: When U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages (2016)
This comment is based on a misreading of the very testimony you're referencing. As quoted in this CNBC article.https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/16/amazon-tells-house-it-doesnt..."Nate Sutton, associa...
show context + On: Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch compet
show context + On: Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch compet
> because buyers can see those items side by side when shoppingI can't speak for Costco, but that's not really true in a conventional supermarket though.It's pretty well known that food manufacturers ...
show context + On: Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch compet
show context + On: Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch compet
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I think this is just a special case of "online communication". It's illegal for the phone company to arbitrarily suspend your service for what (legal things) you say over the phone.It's legal for Twit...
show context + On: Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch compet
show context + On: Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch compet
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> The WHO advised against the public wearing masksNope. Your article is actually about the UK's government's advice and lumps in the WHO. Here's a WHO publication from 30th of January 2020 [0] that ad...
show context + On: YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contr
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> Prior to March 3rd, the official position of the WHO was that "The flu is worse"That wasn't their position, in fact they instructed other nations to prepare. The R0 and mortality rate they...
show context + On: YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contr
show context + On: YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contr
Agree. They are a monopoly, and cannot be allowed to function like any old hosting platform.The WHO was wrong on many occasions during this pandemic. They said it couldn't or was hard to transmit be...
show context + On: YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contr
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