The Trump Pandemic

[pErvinalia]

Yes Galaxian.

[JimC]

Does anyone trust this data? Data is political.

Do you honestly think that the data would be actually inflated, with all the political downside that comes from higher figures? Under-reporting fits the political reality much better...

[pErvinalia]

"reality" doesn't have much impact on Scot.

[Hermit]

Does anyone trust this data? Data is political.

The data are by no means accurate, but they do indicate in which direction the rates of infections, deaths, etc are trending.

I, among others, have given my reasons why I regard the reported numbers as lower than where they really should be before and you have given your reasons why you regard the reported numbers as higher than where they really should be before. Unless either of us have something new to add, let's not go through this again, shall we?

[rainbow]

"reality" doesn't have much impact on Scot.

Reality is for people who can't handle drugs.

[pErvinalia]

Does anyone trust this data? Data is political.

The data are by no means accurate, but they do indicate in which direction the rates of infections, deaths, etc are trending.

I, among others, have given my reasons why I regard the reported numbers as lower than where they really should be before and you have given your reasons why you regard the reported numbers as higher than where they really should be before.

Actually, he's had it both ways. When it comes to his prime hates - UK and US, they are under-reported. Everyone else is having them over-reported.

[NineBerry]

That's about 80% of the total number of cases in Oz so far, in one state, in one day...

Curves for Australia, Germany and Florida. Doesn't really look like Florida is ready yet. I'd even say that Germany is not ready yet and waiting another two weeks would have been better. But Florida is really not there yet. Unless you have setup a really rich infrastructure to do the tracing and isolating strategies.

[Tero]

Area man cured in 60 plus days using prayer chains, plasma (convalescent serum) and hydroxychloroquine
https://www.theindependent.com/news/loc ... 28f0c.html

[Scot Dutchy]

Does anyone trust this data? Data is political.

Do you honestly think that the data would be actually inflated, with all the political downside that comes from higher figures? Under-reporting fits the political reality much better...

Depends which way you want to look at them. Why under report? Over reporting them could mean more money and more control.

[pErvinalia]

Why under-report? Because it makes the government response look better than it actually is. It also allows science-denying economic-growth focused conservatives to open up the economy sooner.

[NineBerry]

Florida woman

https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1 ... 32672?s=19

[rainbow]

Florida woman

https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1 ... 32672?s=19

[NineBerry]

It reminds me of this scene from "What we do in the Shadows":

[Brian Peacock]

Great film!
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The EU looks set to ban travel from the US, Brazil, and the Russia. What do all these countries have in common?

[NineBerry]

It's not from the Australian film but from the us series