throwaway237683

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by throwaway237683 6y ago
> even more people would have died if we didn't take costly measures to stop it. The example of Sweden seems to disagree with this assumption. They never locked down, and the current mortality is (1,203 / 10,330,000) * 100 = 0.
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by throwaway237683 6y ago
Wikipedia says 1,200 deaths so far in Sweden. Sure that might be ten times more than in Finland and Norway but given the dire predictions of two months ago, and even more dire predictions of a month ago, you'd expect this number to be
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by throwaway237683 6y ago
> That's 0.03%, and it's not typical. Often, the number is much lower. 0.03% or 0.1% or 0.66%, the number is low enough to be perceived as not too dangerous by general populace. Contrast that with 13% mortality rate for Italy t
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by throwaway237683 6y ago
> I think again you are misunderstanding some severe things. No doubt that I am misunderstanding some things. A lot of things, more likely. Severe? That depends. If you look at the numbers, they never did fit in the narrative pushed on u
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by throwaway237683 6y ago
In mid-March we were told that we are "10 days behind Italy" and shelter-in-place is not to stop the spread (already too late for that), but to give hospitals a bit of a breather before the surge of critical cases and the Death Wa
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by throwaway237683 6y ago
Because it does not make sense to introduce delays to stiffle discussion. Throw-away accounts are used to say things one does not want associated with "main" account; in my case the "main" account is easily doxxable and
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by throwaway237683 6y ago
This is what the current plan says. Once implemented, the implementation can always be tweaked. In fact it can be tweaked in the next deploy coming a minute after the first. Do you _really_ trust Apple and Google? I'm sorry but I don&#
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by throwaway237683 6y ago
Not sure if it is folly for me to try and answer here (no idea if my reply is going to be visible). Thank you for trying to listen anyway. There is no need to look for malice when there are simpler explanations. No, I do not think Newsom an
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by throwaway237683 6y ago
Isn't it amazing that an absolutely massive privacy invasion that is called contact tracing is already accepted as _inevitable_ if we are ever to be allowed to step out of our homes? Talk about cynicism.