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by DataWorker 7y ago
Preemptive social distancing to slow the spread. This is done by educating the public about the probabilities involved thus increasing fear, increase social distancing and decreasing the r0, maybe even enough to avert the coming pandemic. T
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by DataWorker 7y ago
Is a false sense of security better than spreading panic? Shouldn’t the goal be accurate reporting of the science and statistics, done in a way the general public can understand? Why lie to keep people calm when that is certain to push the
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by DataWorker 7y ago
Prepping matters.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
The death rate has very little to do with containment. The rate of infection does. In this case both of these merely represent the time lag, and despite what you think all of the experts agree— we are buying time at this point. Argue with t
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by DataWorker 7y ago
Demand is mediated by policy. Tax corporate real estate to create incentives for companies to locate where it’s beneficial to citizens. That’s one way to better manage demand. And we have to manage demand or we create a lot of failed cities
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by DataWorker 7y ago
It’s a fact that has no importance other than to mislead. There is no reason to think the virus is any less deadly outside of China or in non-Asian patients. The rest of the world is just a few weeks, give or take local variation in R0, be
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by DataWorker 7y ago
This is racism and irresponsible journalism “all but 3 deaths have been in China.” There is a time lag! The disease doesn’t care if you are Chinese or white. No hospital system can handle the numbers that came first to China, and will soon
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by DataWorker 7y ago
PBS also seemed to like klobuchar long before anyone else knew the name.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
I think gender is the obvious difference.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
Then why align with business interests against the interests of individual citizens? You know that most voters are not high paid tech workers frustrated by the lack of luxury mix used lofts. I’m sure with enough pr money from developers you
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by DataWorker 7y ago
Your point is the same one I’m making. People come here because FANG and tech generally subsidize that movement. It’s great for tech profits and great for that one guy from Russia or wherever who can make 140k salary, but it’s a net negativ
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by DataWorker 7y ago
You will just increase the number of unaffordable apartments. The added units will come with added traffic from the new wealthier residents, and higher prices on everything. It doesn’t seem like a win to me, unless you have very narrow goal
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by DataWorker 7y ago
Agree with points 1 and 2. But build the homes in less dense areas where they be seen by the community as a net positive. Or add to existing density where appropriate. Try to add density in the suburbs is inefficient at best, frankly I’m n
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by DataWorker 7y ago
Of course people who cough and sneeze are more likely to transmit it! I can’t trust the WHO when they make what to me seem to me to be intentionally misleading statements.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
The 2% figure is across all groups. For older people, diabetics it would be much higher. And that 2% assumes a scenario where there are infinite medical resources. The
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by DataWorker 7y ago
Or former smokers.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
No it’s not just nostalgia. The journalism business has totally changed. They once were funded by selling ads and now that business model is failing so they have been pivoting. They have to compete with the free content of blogs, Twitterat
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by DataWorker 7y ago
You don’t like Mike?
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by DataWorker 7y ago
If you use Uber as an ambulance you would pay. And it would still be relatively cheap.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
I think the problem is that those with narcissistic tendencies avoid anything they aren’t good at doing. They don’t like learning new things, being a noob is unbearable. Or so I’ve read.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
Identifying cancer doesn’t necessitate removal but point taken.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
“In addition, the historical reasons for having invariants may no longer be consistent with the Census Bureau’s confidentiality mandate.” us census, RIP
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by DataWorker 7y ago
It’s an absurd figure and a real news source wouldn’t print it.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
But she can’t afford to comply with laws and regulations that all other business owners must? 100k for a wheelchair ramp? Come on.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
Positively draconian. What’s next, health inspections, property tax, it’s all so unfair.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
If her competitors have to spend money on ADA compliance why should this particular business get a free ride. That would set a terrible presence as it would penalize the good people and actually incentivize businesses discriminating against
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by DataWorker 7y ago
Buy good Art.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
But your rent will increase, probably a lot.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
Why would that panic be limited to China? They are the world’s second largest economy, there’s no way to isolate the economic impact. Can’t quarantine dollars.
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by DataWorker 7y ago
There are downsides to democracy, one of those is that old people, women and minorities get a say in what happens. If they don’t want to sell out to corporate interests pushing growth at any cost, they can use their votes to favor slower mo

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