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I commented on this earlier, and my karma is sinking due to all the crazy people downvoting each one of my comments in that thread. To all of these people and

I commented on this earlier, and my karma is sinking due to all the crazy people downvoting each one of my comments in that thread. To all of these people and anyone sincerely interested in the topic I'd like to post an interview with Dr John P.A. Ioannidis, a professor of medicine and professor of epidemiology and population health, as well as professor by courtesy of biomedical data science at Stanford University School of Medicine, professor by courtesy of statistics at Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences, and co-director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS) at Stanford University, that hopefully sheds the light on the true amount of fear-mongering and plain stupidity in the media right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6MZy-2fcBw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6MZy-2fcBw Here are some of his thoughts in written form: https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-making-decisions-without-reliable-data/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-a... As you may see, he is much more reserved about the subject than many of the people in the comments to this submission. What does this have to do with PG's blog post? Well, PG's post is blatant and dogmatic witch-blaming, while the people, that he is blaming, may actually be right. And they definitely have the right to express their opinion on the subject.

jMyles 7y ago
The ironic part is that Ioannidis has been a hero on HN for a long time now - I imagine that's where you discovered him, as I did. And it's not just him - his colleagues Eran Bendavid and Jay Bhattacharya, who are presently conducting the first large-scale antibody test have also had a more sober tone. And David Katz. And Frank Ulrich Montgomery. And Albert Ko. I mean, I understand that somebody disagree with the matter of how to interpret a situation in which available data is thin, but throughout this thread, I'm seeing a lot of people denigrate anybody who is taking a more cautious approach instead of fanning the flames of panic. Let's try to stay science-based here, if we can do that.
- atomashpolskiy 7y ago
  +1 And thanks for /r/PrepareInsteadOfPanic, good stuff!
  - jMyles 7y ago
    No problem; it's been keeping me sane as well. :-) Where'd you find out about it? Did I tell you?
    - atomashpolskiy 7y ago
      No, I just checked your profile. Pity that there are so few followers, you got some interesting links there. It's crazy how everything is in the open, but almost everyone acts like it does not exist (not only with corona, but also in general). Keep it up, brother!

jMyles 7y ago

The ironic part is that Ioannidis has been a hero on HN for a long time now - I imagine that's where you discovered him, as I did. And it's not just him - his colleagues Eran Bendavid and Jay Bhattacharya, who are presently conducting the first large-scale antibody test have also had a more sober tone. And David Katz. And Frank Ulrich Montgomery. And Albert Ko. I mean, I understand that somebody disagree with the matter of how to interpret a situation in which available data is thin, but throughout this thread, I'm seeing a lot of people denigrate anybody who is taking a more cautious approach instead of fanning the flames of panic. Let's try to stay science-based here, if we can do that.

atomashpolskiy 7y ago
+1 And thanks for /r/PrepareInsteadOfPanic, good stuff!
- jMyles 7y ago
  No problem; it's been keeping me sane as well. :-) Where'd you find out about it? Did I tell you?
  - atomashpolskiy 7y ago
    No, I just checked your profile. Pity that there are so few followers, you got some interesting links there. It's crazy how everything is in the open, but almost everyone acts like it does not exist (not only with corona, but also in general). Keep it up, brother!