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In my mind at least, all of these numbers are applesauce. Our ability to trust these numbers hinges on our ability to trust information reported by China's gove
by totalZero 7y ago
In my mind at least, all of these numbers are applesauce. Our ability to trust these numbers hinges on our ability to trust information reported by China's government and other authoritarian regimes (eg Iran and North Korea).
- SECProto 7y agoNumbers are suspect from everywhere. Most jurisdictions are only just beginning to test symptomatic patients who don't have a direct link to the initial outbreak locale. One of the difficulties of a disease with symptoms almost identical to the seasonal influenza. But having some numbers to compare is better than having none (or trusting gut instinct).
- totalZero 7y agoFor me, it's a question of false confidence. When you have no numbers, you have high confidence that you have low information. When you have some numbers that are reported as though they are very granular and accurate, you have extreme confidence that you have high information. The latter, in my view, is a more precarious position from which to make decisions.