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In reply to the discussion: reopening is clearly a mistake, but i don't think it will lead to the obvious disaster some think. [View all]Yonnie3
(17,434 posts)32. Poorly selected metrics are crap
It is not a success if we don't have skyrocketing deaths and predictions of such are a distraction from what is happening which is already very bad.
A metric of "deaths (or cases) are not rising" is not one I support for opening. A slight decline is a death sentence for many and a drag on the economy.
Something like "deaths/cases are reduced by half per week (or ??)," is a metric I could support if it was measured over a significant time period.
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reopening is clearly a mistake, but i don't think it will lead to the obvious disaster some think. [View all]
unblock
May 2020
OP
One soccer game blew it out of control in two countries. One Dairy Queen could do it to a county.
Squinch
May 2020
#2
Day care centers and lower elementary grades are basically petri dishes
yellowdogintexas
May 2020
#51
We do like our drama, no mistake about that. You may be right about what's coming.
CaliforniaPeggy
May 2020
#4
reopening is clearly a mistake, but i don't think it will lead to the obvious disaster some think.
waseemazhar10
May 2020
#5
+1, there needs to be a CV19 math area or forum. DU Mathmaticians have been +-3% in predictions
uponit7771
May 2020
#23
Church services are big in red states, people are flocking to bars in Wisconsin...
brush
May 2020
#14
***STILL HORRIBLE !!!*** Relative to federated TTQ our current level is a crime against humanity so
uponit7771
May 2020
#17
You're sure to be viciously attacked by resident faux experts but this seems like a reasonable point
BannonsLiver
May 2020
#22
It's the stable retort for strawman arguments. This doesn't have to "skyrocket" for it to be more ..
uponit7771
May 2020
#26
The disaster is still more deaths than it should be not skyrocketing infections.
uponit7771
May 2020
#41
we're already in the disaster, caused by gross negligence in the federal response.
unblock
May 2020
#45
+1, a flat curve is still bad for death and the economy vs a federated Test/Trace/Quarantine process
uponit7771
May 2020
#28
+1, same ... if in a month we're at half infection rate I'll support but there's plenty of evidence
uponit7771
May 2020
#33
that's the really scary scenario, if covid-19 is just the "first" of many nasty pandemics
unblock
May 2020
#40
My sister lives in KY just north of Clarksville, and Gov Beshear has told
yellowdogintexas
May 2020
#56
see my reply #45, nearly 90% of the death toll already was an avoidable tragedy
unblock
May 2020
#58