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Science as you know it is dead: https://guscost.com/2020/05/12/pandemic-woo/ https://guscost.com/2020/05/12/pandemic-woo/
by guscost 6y ago
Science as you know it is dead: https://guscost.com/2020/05/12/pandemic-woo/ https://guscost.com/2020/05/12/pandemic-woo/
- vorpalhex 6y agoThat was a really poor read. Anxiety from lockdown is going to kill more people than coronavirus? Like, I'm not exactly an ardent supporter of lockdown but it's clear we've saved many lives by keeping hospitalizations minimal. Even if that estimate is below what initial models suggested, it's inept to suggest it was useless. Likewise you fail to actually link to any stats to support claims about increased suicide rates or deaths from heart attacks, while linking to a 404 as a source for New York state supposedly hiding pushing covid cases into nursing homes. Science has issues but this is trending towards baseless tabloid journalism instead of a serious introspection of methodological flaws.
- guscost 6y agoYou skipped over a lot, and we will see about the rest. I can’t prove most of it right now, but it is what I think. In fairness it is perhaps way too cynical for your taste, so if you prefer a serious introspection, try this: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2020/05/science-without-validation-in-a-world-without-meaning/ https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2020/05/science-without-v...
- DanBC 6y ago> Likewise you fail to actually link to any stats to support claims about increased suicide rates Currently there are about 40,000 deaths by suicide in the US each year. We know that deaths by suicide will increase because of economic downturn. We have some understanding of this after 2007 and similar. No-one working in suicide prevention thinks we'll come anywhere near doubling the 40,000 number.