The Scientific Models that Drive US Public Policy on COVID are Wildly Wrong

Discussion in 'Economics' started by bone, May 26, 2020.

  1. Yes, you told that!
     
    #11     May 26, 2020
  2. Turveyd

    Turveyd

    I did try to explain the math's, but nobody listening, just FEAR from the over hyped media.

    And everyone seems to be number blind these days.

    Israel not Sweden on the 0.35%
     
    #12     May 26, 2020
  3. Turvy, you got it fast, I needed more time to get it. Somebody will get it, somebody will never get it. That is life, my friend ;).
     
    #13     May 26, 2020
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  4. BAT31

    BAT31

    Well, of course mathematical models are inaccurate (or not static), initially. That's why they continue to change with the introduction of new information in an effort to increase their accuracy. If they were right, then they would never change with the introduction of new information.

    Slight tangent: It's too bad that liberal and conservative operatives have politicized this issue.

    Regardless of scientific models, the response to the pandemic has been one big clusterfuck, and has really shone a light on, and illuminated, the ineptitude of many charged with managing the response.
     
    #14     May 26, 2020
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  5. wrbtrader

    wrbtrader

    The hospital my girlfriend works at...

    A nearby university predicted that hospital and others would not get PPE to handle to overflow until around August 2020.

    She called me last week with complete joy...they got their new supplies. Now some of the nurses / doctors are less stressed...not threatening to quit. Yet, I'm still not able to visit her at my condo (her temporary living location) while I wait it out here at my house. :(

    A few more weeks like that and she would have quit. Yet, still 7 more months remaining in the year. :(

    wrbtrader
     
    #15     May 26, 2020
  6. Turveyd

    Turveyd

    Can we all just admit Sweden got it right and all the PC's should stop bashing them and trying to convert them to lockdowns.

    Lockdowns too far.

    Protection for the at risk, old, sick or in care homes completely screwed up and too late, focused less on the not at risk people and more on the at risk would of really helped reduce the deaths.
     
    #16     May 26, 2020
  7. 1) politicians should stay away. Never will be happened.
    2) covid19 expert should provide real expertise. Never happened.
    3) #2 should provide realistic instructions to the public and don’t flip flop.
     
    #17     May 26, 2020
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  8. BAT31

    BAT31

    Herd immunity via exposure or swift lockdown isn't the issue. Sweden got it right with the former, and Taiwan got it right with the latter.

    The issue is quickly picking a route and taking affirmative action, and not bickering and arguing about what to do.
     
    #18     May 26, 2020
  9. Turveyd

    Turveyd

    4. Media should of been stopped from turning into a FearDemic.
    5. People in charge, shouldn't of caved in to the scared and ill informed public.
     
    #19     May 26, 2020
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  10. BAT31

    BAT31

    That's great to hear that front line workers are getting sorely needed PPE.
     
    #20     May 26, 2020