Since I doubt you’re any more an expert than the economist, sounds kinda like a chore for nothing.
Unlike the economist, I actually published both the data and the sources. But hey, you do you, Helmut.
You know, I don’t think it’s unreasonable that I don’t feel like a big database dive to sort out an disagreement between amateur epidimeologists.
A lot of people will be looking at that data, since it is relevant to many. Some of these people will be more skilled than I. If a retraction is in order, this will surely become clear in the NYT shortly.
And since it is relevant to many, perhaps one should be communicating with that paper, not kibitzing here?
You posted it on this board (in another thread, so feel free to move this there), so I replied on this board. You used it to make an argument, so I showed that the data was wrong to counter the argument. You can now show why my work was mistaken, ignore it and pretend that it doesn’t exist, or acknowledge that it appears to show that her piece was flawed.
For fucks sake, people. It wasn’t the NYT, it was the Washington Post (and it’s your own damned cite). It was also an op-ed, so I’m pretty sure that the Post (not to be confused with The New York Times, who probably also don’t give a shit about demonstrations of the inaccuracy of some op-ed) could give two shits about the accuracy thereof.
You could be right, but I’m just not going to go through the data, intentionally provided, when others to whom this issue is much more highly relevant will do so. Newspapers do care about accuracy, if only for legal reasons, and retract things frequently. I have no reason to disbelieve you, but the conclusions of the article make sense to me.
The news of Covid spikes is worrisome:
And this news from Mississauga:
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Dial it back. Let’s keep things civil in this forum.
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Things don’t like good for Alberta:
And then there’s this:
My apologies. It felt like I was banging my head against a wall, but that was based on seeing misattributions across multiple threads, so I definitely should have shown greater understanding.
What a bloody shame (the hockey team) but I personally disagree with Dr Henry’s statement that “Nobody intended to do this". But that’s just my opinion based on hearing about too many people who aren’t prepared to make the great sacrifice of sitting at home and binge watching Netflix
I agree with you.
Essentially that’s like commenting on a guy who downed 8 shots of vodka, drove home and ran over a neighbour. “Oh, he didn’t intend on doing this, let’s be nice to him.”
Breaking news: Health Canada has approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine and expects to start using it in nursing homes by the end of the week.
Alberta has finally gone for a fairly serious lockdown. Given that their 7 day average new case rate is the highest in the country and rising, it’s about time.
Good column by Don Braid in the Calgary Herald - basically he says that the province had no choice, because of all the selfish people who refused to voluntarily follow the guidance. They only have themselves to blame.
Because freedom! Honestly, many of my fellow Albertans resemble people from the Southern US than their fellow Canadians.
Some of us live alone and have mental health issues that at being exacerbated by staying home all the time. Even my therapy is now a video visit.
For what it’s worth, the news I heard this morning was skeptical about the prospect of quickly deploying vaccines in long-term care homes because of the requirement for low temperature storage.
That’s a fantastic analogy and IMO really drives home just how negligent, selfish and irresponsible this was.
I am skeptical of this news you heard that was skeptical. Pfizer says their vaccine can be stored up to 5 days at refrigerator temps (2-8C). I can’t imagine how it would be overly difficult to administer a batch of vaccines at a LTC facility within 5 days.