The Coronavirus, not the beer

[The Chosen One]

Charlie Baker, that damn Democrat.

[sturg33]

An unbelievable thread on how lockdowns are one of the greatest systemic attacks on poor people while simultaneously a generational boon for wealthy people

[sturg33]

Hahahahahahahaha ****ing sociopaths

[msstate7]

If you are truly serious about stopping this virus, 5 masks are better than 2

[sturg33]

Hmmmmmm

[sturg33]

If Carp and goldy and the board lecturer want to claim these pivots aren't political but rather shifting to the data and the science,

Does that mean they believe Trump, thethe, DeSantis, and sturg33 were all correct and have been for months?

[sturg33]

Shockingly, the week after lowering the standards for a positive test, positive cases plummet.

Don't worry yall, this is all legit and above board

[nsacpi]

could be they are looking at the data

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/...tes/california

[sturg33]

Yes positive cases are declining after positivity testing thresholds were changed 10 days ago.

I'm shocked!

[sturg33]

Mission accomplished

Bump

[nsacpi]

Yes positive cases are declining after positivity testing thresholds were changed 10 days ago.

I'm shocked!

if it is an artifact of shifting thresholds then the usual lagged decline in deaths won't occur...it is an empirical question that will be resolved shortly

we already have a hint from the hospitalizations data how it will go

[striker42]

There's a good chance that what we're seeing is this wave finally peaking. That's the normal path of an infectious disease. We've already seen a couple different COVID waves.

[Tapate50]

if it is an artifact of shifting thresholds then the usual lagged decline in deaths won't occur...it is an empirical question that will be resolved shortly

we already have a hint from the hospitalizations data how it will go

If hospitals are full...how will the data show?

[nsacpi]

If hospitals are full...how will the data show?

hospitalizations are down quite a bit in the past week...pretty much every state...some of them by a large amount...would seem consistent with the drop in cases being real and not an artifact of testing protocols

[nsacpi]

There's a good chance that what we're seeing is this wave finally peaking. That's the normal path of an infectious disease. We've already seen a couple different COVID waves.

it's almost as if there is an endogenous cycle...cases rise...people get scared and adjust behavior...cases drop...people get complacent and careless...cases rise

and then there are a whole set of exogeneous factors: policy interventions, new strains, weather, other things we don't know about

[The Chosen One]

it's almost as if there is an endogenous cycle...cases rise...people get scared and adjust behavior...cases drop...people get complacent and careless...cases rise

and then there are a whole set of exogeneous factors: policy interventions, new strains, weather, other things we don't know about

what about the biggest exogenous factor of all, the fact a new political party is in control of the White House so all the ducks have lined up, including Republican Governors like Charlie Baker.

[sturg33]

it's almost as if there is an endogenous cycle...cases rise...people get scared and adjust behavior...cases drop...people get complacent and careless...cases rise

and then there are a whole set of exogeneous factors: policy interventions, new strains, weather, other things we don't know about

Don't forget the biggest change.

New President

[sturg33]

The week of the new administration saw a massive shift in testing thresholds, along with nearly a dozen cities and states lifting their draconian restrictions on its citizens.

I am legit stunned how blind and naive yall are

[nsacpi]

Don't forget the biggest change.

New President

so...conspiracy to bring down cases...another conspiracy to bring down hospitalizations and soon a third conspiracy to bring down deaths

that's so crazy it just might be true

man you've turned into a thethe parody account

[nsacpi]

what about the biggest exogenous factor of all, the fact a new political party is in control of the White House so all the ducks have lined up, including Republican Governors like Charlie Baker.

don't forget your own governor Kemp...hospitalizations falling in georgia...Kemp must be part of the conspiracy...maybe the ccp paid him off...maybe Dominion's algorithms are messing with the covid data...better investigate