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by jsight 7y ago
I completely agree. I often use the car accidents as a statistical bar. Its really a big part of what made me realize how serious covid19 would be if we didn't adjust pretty aggressively. The numbers really could have eclipsed car deat
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by jsight 7y ago
Yeah, I'm seeing layoffs in sectors that I never would have expected to see layoffs. Its amazingly bad for everyone. But don't worry, the government is here to save everyone! /s We're definitely not volunteering for this
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by jsight 7y ago
I wouldn't go to such a precise number, but you are right that the majority do not end up testing positive. The test quantities are limited, so they try to select candidates that are likely to have it. Even among these, the rate of pos
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by jsight 7y ago
I feel like they'd start doing that even if they thought the chances were ~10% of it working. Its relatively inexpensive and they know its availability would drop dramatically as soon as more data is available.
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by jsight 7y ago
It is a great question. As I understand it, we know a lot more about the long term effects of Hydroxychloroquine than we do about the long term effects of covid19.
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by jsight 7y ago
Good... the word "social" was always a bit strange as it has nothing to do with the colloquial usage of the word "social".
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by jsight 7y ago
Honestly, I think a lot of people would do better with a little bit more sacrifice than what they are being asked right now. A lot of people really want to go back to work, despite the risk. Arguably we should send many (but not all) back s
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by jsight 7y ago
I don't really know, but I'll guess. Maybe the estimate is done by taking the total for one day and subtracting out the total for the previous day? If the data were a bit messy and revised down, this might result in an occasional
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by jsight 7y ago
I can understand that, but I don't that it takes a lot of attention to keep from missing highway exits that are far apart. It does still happen sometimes, though.
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by jsight 7y ago
Is anyone else bothered by how many of these articles are behind paywalls?
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by jsight 7y ago
This is an interesting perspective, especially in the context of our current concerns over the balance between emergency commerce restrictions and potential. Do you think that we would have been better off with letting the market itself mak
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by jsight 7y ago
I find that to be true, and actually consider this an advantage of GPS. I remember being super careful not to miss turns before it, because getting back might be difficult or confusing in some cases. Now, I don't care so much. GPS can
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by jsight 7y ago
Who cares about Android Auto with specific buttons, I wanted them to compare the same tasks to a old device. How distracting is it to play a specific song on a radio from 1999? Or a specific FM radio station that isn't already programm
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by jsight 7y ago
I don't understand why so much of the talk is about ventilators. It seems like a massive increase in production of masks, gowns, and goggles would be easier to accomplish in the short term and also essential.
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by jsight 7y ago
And why aren't we scrambling to get our factories making masks and other basic supplies?
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by jsight 7y ago
That is absolutely true, which is one of the reasons that it is surprising that the curve isn't any higher than it is.
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by jsight 7y ago
Yeah, when I ask that question I get responses "how many people do you want to kill, because of course health comes first!" I haven't seen much of what I consider to be reasonable analysis. I suspect this will be analyzed for
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by jsight 7y ago
To be fair, if we had started back then there is almost zero chance that we'd need to pull in additional factories like this. Although arguably there might not be much need now either. The companies that make these have said that produ
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by jsight 7y ago
I feel like this cost is being badly underestimated.
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by jsight 7y ago
The excessive focus on Musk is counterproductive, IMO. AFAIK, F, GM, and Nissan are not closing factories in the US. These companies are very unlikely to do so without being forced.
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by jsight 7y ago
Its an interesting question. Everything that I'm hearing tells me that workers are still going to work.
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by jsight 7y ago
Because we should be fair to everyone, at least to the extent practical. Isn't that obvious?
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by jsight 7y ago
Well, we don't need an egg mcmuffin now either, but I'm pretty sure those are still allowed. My point is that the boundary of "essential" is surprisingly amorphous.
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by jsight 7y ago
If you've seen videos of the plant, there actually aren't that many in close contact. AFAIK, Ford has had a case with covid19 and has not had a major outbreak as a result. It could be bad, but your estimates are severely on the hi
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by jsight 7y ago
That's definitely true. I'm sure this calms a lot of anxiety on their part. And if there had been an outbreak, this could end up being life-saving.
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by jsight 7y ago
I hang around both camps and they are exactly the same in that regard. One dismisses all negative commentary and the other dismisses all positive. The truth is more complicated than either group seems to want to believe. I did read some of
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by jsight 7y ago
To be fair to Tesla, they are much less likely to spread the virus than some of the "essential" services that are allowed to remain open. To be fair to the county, finding that perfect balance of what is essential and what is not
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by jsight 7y ago
Those were about Tesla's decision. This is the government saying that Tesla's decision was unlawful, which is a different subject.
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by jsight 7y ago
Why is the Sheriff the one pointing this out on Twitter? EDIT: The earlier coverage included this quote: "What’s essential about automobile manufacturing in the midst of a viral pandemic? “That’s a good question,” said spokesman Ray Ke
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by jsight 7y ago
So basically it is the car that a lot of doctors and nurses drive? They seem like they'd be pretty important now.

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