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gibraltar72

(7,631 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:42 PM Mar 2020

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Where are the prognosticators tonight?

Tired of all this winning. I'll go 124,000 cases 2,198 deaths.

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Where are the prognosticators tonight? (Original Post) gibraltar72 Mar 2020 OP

You have to set a time... Several states like CO don't update until 4pm MT hlthe2b Mar 2020 #1

ok midnight on Pacific coast gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #2

I find this in very poor taste, for the record. ZZenith Mar 2020 #3

OK gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #4

"How many will die today? Step on up and place your bets!" ZZenith Mar 2020 #6

It was worded very insensitively... But discussing projections need not be. hlthe2b Mar 2020 #5

hlthe2b

(114,716 posts)

1. You have to set a time... Several states like CO don't update until 4pm MT

Reply to gibraltar72 (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:43 PM

Mar 2020

Most of the sites have not yet included their just released update

gibraltar72

(7,631 posts)

2. ok midnight on Pacific coast

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:45 PM

Mar 2020

ZZenith

(4,476 posts)

3. I find this in very poor taste, for the record.

Reply to gibraltar72 (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:48 PM

Mar 2020

gibraltar72

(7,631 posts)

4. OK

Reply to ZZenith (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:50 PM

Mar 2020

ZZenith

(4,476 posts)

6. "How many will die today? Step on up and place your bets!"

Reply to gibraltar72 (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:53 PM

Mar 2020

hlthe2b

(114,716 posts)

5. It was worded very insensitively... But discussing projections need not be.

Reply to ZZenith (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:50 PM

Mar 2020

It is a tragic fact that one or more of those predictive models will be correct.

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