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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Tue May 5, 2020, 12:13 PM May 2020

And now learn how to "fudge" the numbers and get the result you want................

White House economic adviser struggles to explain his pandemic ‘model’ that shows zero deaths by May 15

Published 1 min ago on May 5, 2020By David Edwards




White House economic Kevin Hassett on Tuesday struggled to explain a controversial chart that shows coronavirus deaths dropping nearly to zero by May 15.

Hassett’s so-called “cubic model” was panned by experts on Monday.

Hassett made an appearance on CNN on Tuesday to defend his “cubic model.”

“Why did you do it?” CNN’s Poppy Harlow asked. “Did anyone ask you to do this and why are you creating these?”

Hassett explained that he began creating his chart daily because of the ventilator shortage. According to the economic adviser, his chart is made to track the accuracy of other scientific models.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/white-house-economic-adviser-struggles-to-explain-his-pandemic-model-that-shows-zero-deaths-by-may-15/

YOU HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS...........and trying to accommodate a lunatic......end of story............

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And now learn how to "fudge" the numbers and get the result you want................ (Original Post) turbinetree May 2020 OP
He actually does look as stupid as he really is. No wonder rump hired him. Anybody ... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #1
Many states are not reporting the numbers. gab13by13 May 2020 #2
He's Full Of It ProfessorGAC May 2020 #3
That he did, he took those weighted numbers, his numbers to get his result......... turbinetree May 2020 #5
Hate the fucker....says everything with a phony 'smile'. spanone May 2020 #4

SWBTATTReg

(22,112 posts)
1. He actually does look as stupid as he really is. No wonder rump hired him. Anybody ...
Tue May 5, 2020, 12:20 PM
May 2020

aiding and abetting the criminal POS in the WH should face criminal charges if and when they can be proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that they encouraged people to disregard active public safety guidelines / rules established for the CV outbreak. Enough is enough. This is akin to yelling 'fire' in a theater or encouraging people to spray Lysol or drink bleach.

And everyone of these trials should be televised. rump wants to be a movie star so bad, here's his chance (as well as his cronies).

gab13by13

(21,311 posts)
2. Many states are not reporting the numbers.
Tue May 5, 2020, 12:23 PM
May 2020

Pennsylvania has 22 meat processing plants and only 5 are reporting anything. People don't know what plants have infections, look for Pennsylvania to have an uptick in deaths, unless they can hide them too like Florida is doing?

ProfessorGAC

(65,000 posts)
3. He's Full Of It
Tue May 5, 2020, 12:27 PM
May 2020

He wouldn't remotely be able to explain how a cubic model works.
He's a supply sider. He can only think in 2 dimensions. His cubic model, by design would have more than 2 dimensions.
Otherwise there'd be no reason to have a cubic function in a quadratic fit.
I'd bet a hundred bucks he added arbitrary weighting factors to make the curve bend to zero.
An idiot trying to look smart.

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
5. That he did, he took those weighted numbers, his numbers to get his result.........
Tue May 5, 2020, 12:32 PM
May 2020

hell I can get 2+2 = 5 , because I said 2+2= 5, that his logic for the answer, he more than likely likes to draw cubes on piece of paper.........because he rambled about unemployment figures ..............

spanone

(135,826 posts)
4. Hate the fucker....says everything with a phony 'smile'.
Tue May 5, 2020, 12:31 PM
May 2020

It's not 'controversial' it's fucking LUDICROUS.

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