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The_Yoda on 06 April 2020
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SpokenTruth said:
The_Yoda said:

More a sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander situation.  Granted neither of you is a president but haven't you been speculating repeatedly throughout the thread?  Hasn't everyone been speculating ... that's all a model is speculation based on incomplete data ...  last I knew Incomplete data does not equate to fact.   I'm no fan of Trump but I don't like hypocrisy.  

You might want to go back and read through my posts in this thread.  I didn't start making any projections until numbers from dozens of countries were already coming in.  You know....data.

I didn't start posting projections until March 11th and I wasn't making my own yet but posting projections by John Hopkins University. On March 12th, I started reporting my local numbers. It wasn't until March 14th that I started making any predictions on the severity of it.  Keep in mind it was already labeled a global pandemic back on March 11th.

So unlike Trump, I didn't say shit about how good or bad it will be until long after data was well known, trends established, global experts weighed in, models developed, regional data available, etc...  But if you'd like to quote my hypocrisy, I'd love to see it.

Is that data complete, is what we have even accurate? Simple yes or no question by the way since you seem to have ignored my third sentence.  Ever hear the phrase garbage in garbage out?

Also you do realize it wasn't you I originally quoted don't you? You just jumped on... but since you did ...

Edit: Just so you know I happen to like your Italy/US comparison.  I know others don't (and they have a point) but I still find it interesting.  Your "data" is inaccurate and therefore not fact, but IT IS THE BEST WE HAVE TO WORK WITH. I spend more time in this thread than i do looking at Covid-19 news.  Why because there are a bunch of intelligent fuckers in the thread yourself included.  It's numbers and almost all of us here like numbers more than the average bear.  I think we should keep the politics out of this thread. I don't care for Trump but we are talking two months later and hindsight is nearly always 20/20.  We also don't know what all factors he was trying to balance in his handling of the situation so we shouldn't go throwing stones in glass vaginas or something like that.  Also thank you for the time you put into gathering data and your analysis, I'm one of I'm sure several that appreciate it.

Last edited by The_Yoda - on 06 April 2020