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Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

I was required to take statistics in order to get into nursing school. Are you sure doctors are not required to take it?

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

“It’s not that this isn’t serious, but shouldn’t people at least look at the data and ask questions?” I totally agree, and yet I’m told, “Trust the experts; trust Dr. Fauci and Governor Inslee.” No! Look at the data! Ask questions! Think about other possible explanations for numbers and trends. Look for confounding variables! Look at the scales on the charts! Compare! Probe! Seek opposing views and listen to them critically!

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

More tertiary effects–domestic abuse, suicide, loss of jobs, income, savings, and homes, loss of educational opportunities–especially for those without technological resources or with special needs. Add to that the lack of revenue to fund infrastructure and social welfare programs. (I know you mentioned economic damage, but I wanted to spell it out a little bit more.) Covid and the measures we’re taking to combat it do not exist in a closed system. Everything affects everything else.

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

Could crowded public transportation and high density residences have anything to do with why New York City has such a high rate of infection?

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

I agree. I read a report that many of the deaths in Sweden occurred in long term care facilities. Maybe we should get rid of those!

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

We don’t know how many people actually have or have had Covid; we don’t know how many people have actually died of Covid and not something else if/since many were not tested. Do we even know the accuracy of any of the tests that have been done? We really have no hard data. So we have to extrapolate based on assumptions. It’s the assumptions that make the differences in the models and drive the fear or lack thereof.

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

Does YouTube do what it wants, or does it give in to pressure from outside forces? Is it truly free, independent and private?

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

What? No spike in deaths this year? hmm.

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Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

I was required to take statistics in order to get into nursing school. Are you sure doctors are not required to take it?

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

“It’s not that this isn’t serious, but shouldn’t people at least look at the data and ask questions?” I totally agree, and yet I’m told, “Trust the experts; trust Dr. Fauci and Governor Inslee.” No! Look at the data! Ask questions! Think about other possible explanations for numbers and trends. Look for confounding variables! Look at the scales on the charts! Compare! Probe! Seek opposing views and listen to them critically!

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

More tertiary effects–domestic abuse, suicide, loss of jobs, income, savings, and homes, loss of educational opportunities–especially for those without technological resources or with special needs. Add to that the lack of revenue to fund infrastructure and social welfare programs. (I know you mentioned economic damage, but I wanted to spell it out a little bit more.) Covid and the measures we’re taking to combat it do not exist in a closed system. Everything affects everything else.

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

Could crowded public transportation and high density residences have anything to do with why New York City has such a high rate of infection?

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

I agree. I read a report that many of the deaths in Sweden occurred in long term care facilities. Maybe we should get rid of those!

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

We don’t know how many people actually have or have had Covid; we don’t know how many people have actually died of Covid and not something else if/since many were not tested. Do we even know the accuracy of any of the tests that have been done? We really have no hard data. So we have to extrapolate based on assumptions. It’s the assumptions that make the differences in the models and drive the fear or lack thereof.

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

Does YouTube do what it wants, or does it give in to pressure from outside forces? Is it truly free, independent and private?

Reply to: Dr. Erickson’s viral “COVID-19 Briefing” video is dangerously wrong Posted May 2, 2020

What? No spike in deaths this year? hmm.