Ohio Governor’s Alarming Claim About The Number Of Coronavirus Cases Was Based On A ‘Guesstimate’
- see https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/13/ohio-governor-coronavirus-100000/
"I am not saying there are absolutely for certain 100,000 people,” Dr. Amy Acton, the director of the Ohio Department of Health, said at a press conference Friday. “I’m saying I’m guesstimating. If I’m guesstimating community spread, that’s my best number.”
^ is why people are untrusting and suspicious of government. Throwing numbers out there without calculation as to *how* you came up with that number is disgraceful.
The public deserves better during these trying times.
As we discussed yesterday, we _know_ that number is crazy high.
How?
Because 15% of cases need hospitalization, and 15,000 new folks showing up in Ohio hospitals would be the top story in every Ohio newspaper, and probably the lead story throughout the country.
What is scary is not just that the governor was way off on the number, but that nobody on his staff had enough of a clue to explain to him why it was impossible.