Posted on 04/06/2020 10:10:41 AM PDT by Mariner
Yesterday's thread here:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3831993/posts?page=1
I think it will become a new popular saying.
That is something I have been worried about. Thanks for the post.
Do you have a working link to the report? Thanks.
That is my numero uno concern. I had a bad, strong feeling out of the gate.
Bookmark
Blackface mask?
Or black facemask.
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.
ANNALS OF IRRESPONSIBLE REPORTING: Washington Post (free link): Grocery Workers are Beginning to Die of Coronavirus.
The reporter tells us that at least four grocery store workers have died from Covid-19. Do we know if they caught the virus at their place of work? The reporter doesn’t say, and probably didn’t even ask. Meanwhile, the reporter never stops to ask whether “at least four” is a sufficiently large number that grocery store workers should be concerned.
So here is some quick math. About 2.5 million Americans work in grocery stores. About one in every 30 thousand Americans has now died of Coronavirus. Taking the simplest route, you would expect approximately 83 grocery, or 2.5 million/30 thousand, grocery store workers to have died of the virus.
If you were doing at least a semi-serious statistical analysis, you would then have to modify the 83 figure by age, preexisting conditions, etc., and almost certainly get a lower tally. But the point is, despite the tenor of the article the fact that at least four grocery store workers have died of the virus doesn’t give you any useful information about whethert being a grocery store worker puts you at special risk.
I’m not saying there isn’t an increased risk, and I do appreciate that the workers are coming to work every day and *potentially* putting themselves at higher risk. I am saying, reporting on “at least four deaths” out of 2.5 million grocery store workers isn’t actionable information. Scare stories like this, that provide no context, with reporters who don’t ask basic questions, are just irresponsible.
No foreign company owns anything in China. They have been 49% partners at best.
Any US firm surprised by this should have their CEO fired for being stupid.
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What if....these grocery store workers caught COVID while working at their other job....at Amazon?
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/04/06/51-recovered-coronavirus-patients-test-positive-again-in-south-korea/
Riri, when I click that link, it brings me back to this page.
You are likely to be one of the most mocked.
Never mind, sorry.
Daily percentage of new Corona virus deaths to previous day's total by country. 25% = total deaths double every 3 days, 20% = every 4 days, 15% = every 5 days, 10% = about 1 week, 5% = about 2 weeks.
for you brits while you await what happens to Bojo..you will be pleased to know that Meagain and Hapless halfwit have rebranded
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce their new Archewell charitable foundation to replace Sussex Royal - and reveal it’s named, like their son, after the Greek word for ‘action’
It was engineered by a bunch of bad players for diabolical reasons that’s forvsure.
New York’s total are in?
Seems early.
It’s after post time. Data came from what now shows up as yesterday’s data.
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