On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 8:06:20 PM UTC-4, Tango Eight wrote:
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 4:37:47 PM UTC-4, wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJegzdhQjdI


Yes,not sure about those guys.

You know what? I agree. I didn't even get snookered, I snookered myself.. Confirmation bias through and through.

Thanks for being nice about it.

T8

One comment on "follow the money" thinking. Most hospitals (and medical practices whose core business is elective procedures) are taking a massive financial hit due to this. Not surprising to me that some in the hit would start coming up with ways to argue against restrictions. Human nature. And by the way, they may be doctors, but that does not qualify them as epidemiologists.

Another comment on the completely unsubstantiated assertion of "cooked books" re deaths. 1. Some data please. 2. Although it may be considered semantics, IMO all deaths above the expected average baseline are due to the COVID situation, whether COVID is the direct cause of death or not. (There may be another significant change in the oveall environment, but no one has enumerated it). This included deaths due to a) not seeking care for some non-COVID illness or condition; b) deaths from other causes due to not being able to get a bed taken by a COVID patient, etc. etc. So the epidemic impact is the increase in deaths over baseline. Easily and accurately measured.