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by bb2018 6y ago
I'm agreeing with you - but isn't that the whole point of a stimulus? Boost short term economy and therefore hope, even if the gains are not long-lasting, the money floating around both helps people pay their bills and motivates t
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by bb2018 6y ago
I don't know if they will, and don't even know if they know, but I think you are 100% right that they are leaving that on the table privately. There is really nothing to stop them from undoing the policy or altering so that partic
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by bb2018 6y ago
Thank you! I appreciate the info.
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by bb2018 6y ago
Spotify is rolling out video podcasts. Clips like that will still make their way to YouTube and other platforms (as they announced). However, you are right that making it harder to find and listen to will shrink its audience even if more ec
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by bb2018 6y ago
I unfortunately can't get behind the paywall - does the article mention or does anyone know how much of this actually has to do with the stockpile. I would assume stockpiline would ultimately be a smaller factor compared to the issues
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by bb2018 6y ago
This is video of him stating it: https://twitter.com/keithboykin/status/1262487139083837448
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by bb2018 6y ago
Pretty interesting data. 2x of what it was through most of April but still 10% of what it is normally this time of year.
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by bb2018 6y ago
This is definitely a policy problem. The article (and others) seem to focus on the theory that people don't know they can be tested - but why would people like myself, who have barely left the house and show no symptoms, want to go get
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by bb2018 6y ago
I think you are missing the statistical point I and others are making. If the disease was introduced in a meaningful way in December/January it would be a statistical certainty we would see signs of it (such as nursing homes having hug
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by bb2018 6y ago
Yeah - if someone could point me to a nursing home where 5% of the population died in a week in December/January I'd believe it - anecdotes about people being having the flu in the winter isn't the most convincing.
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by bb2018 6y ago
That isn't true. The bats that it mostly likely come from are in China - but in Southern China about 1000 miles from Wuhan.
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by bb2018 6y ago
While a modest fraction of people trade individual stocks, a lot of Americans have some type of 401k, pension, or retirement account that is tied to the stock market. This pegs it at 50% of private sector workers and 80% of public sector wo
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by bb2018 6y ago
I agree. Also, I know it is hip to say that Wall Street is short-sighted, but in reality it is one of the the few fields where people routinely think decades at a time. If you run a large pension fund or investment account you were already
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by bb2018 6y ago
Anyone have recommendations for comprehensive and unbiased sources on China's response? While I trust Taiwan more than China I generally would not trust them on coverage of China to be without agenda.
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by bb2018 6y ago
I wonder if they (or similar places) will decide to open tourism if they can test everyone coming in and out.
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by bb2018 6y ago
I feel like this is anything but shocking and the wrong takeaway? The source, as I understand it, is just where the person is living. It doesn't distinguish from people who worked from home, worked because they were essential, or those
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by bb2018 6y ago
Thank you. I was missing more than a few.
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by bb2018 6y ago
Does anyone know if there is currently a source, or if there would be a way to calculate in retrospect, outbreaks in nursing homes? There are hundreds of nursing homes where a sizable portion of the community died in a couple of weeks which
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by bb2018 6y ago
I have been seeing all the ASL interpreters during government press conferences and have been very confused about their usefulness. These feeds are all on TV news channels with closed captioning. Do deaf people prefer an ASL interpreter on
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by bb2018 6y ago
I signed up as a volunteer on 1DaySooner and have to imagine that public support would be for human challenge trials. Limiting it to those under a certain age and who are in good health seems like a no-brainer. While I understand health pro
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by bb2018 6y ago
Does anyone know of a site compiling similar statistics per metro area or per state? The chart is very illuminating for most countries and for areas like NYC. However, I would really like to see other areas like Florida, California, or a ra
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by bb2018 6y ago
I'd still like to know what category of product you and others are talking about. I'm not in denial - just legitimately curious.
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by bb2018 6y ago
Last year I made 349 orders on Amazon and cannot think of a single time I got a counterfeit item or felt tricked by the reviews. I would really like to wonder of the people encountering frequent fake products on Amazon, what categories are
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by bb2018 6y ago
Is community spread of zero a worthwhile goal? SF still has thousands of people (maybe tens of thousands) coming in and out of the city every day to deliver things, see family, return home, etc. As long as this is still happening (there is
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by bb2018 6y ago
That is not at all my argument. I am saying the posted article paints a picture of Seattle and New York City being equally susceptible to a huge explosion of cases. The differences between the two cities (in terms of density, public transit
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by bb2018 6y ago
I agree. I think the issue with mask recommendations was ultimately that politicians/public health officials were worried people would put on a mask and then feel invincible, therefore leading to more spread. I think that is the case w
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by bb2018 6y ago
I agree. de Blasio did terrible and Inslee acted way faster than Cuomo, but there is a reason that Buffalo is much better off than NYC even though they are both under the jurisdiction of New York law. Anyone who has lived in NYC as well as
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by bb2018 6y ago
First off, if you extrapolate the 0.5% estimate to the general population that could get the disease (let's just say 60% before herd immunity kicks in) that is one million people in America. I'm not sure if another reason is neede
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by bb2018 6y ago
I think antibody tests will soon become more useful for tracking disease progression in a population than the viral tests. The collection methods may skew things but they still are much more close to a random sample than the viral tests whi
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by bb2018 6y ago
I found this to be a very interesting read and I just bought two pulse oximeters (one for me, one for parents).

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