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In coronavirus aftermath, Peter Thiel’s Palantir considers abandoning California
Peter Thiel’s firm could wind up in Colorado

https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/peter-thiel-palantir-tesla-abandon-california


15 posted on 05/26/2020 10:05:04 PM PDT by Conserv (iII)
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To: Conserv

questions about the German study mentioned below came up on Fox today, think it was on Ingraham Angle.

21 May: Daily Mail: Leading Cambridge University expert says risk for children catching COVID-19 is ‘unbelievably low’ and teachers are not at greater danger amid row over plans to reopen schools
•Eminent statistician Sir David Spiegelhalter said data showed extremely low risk
•Rubbished claims kids were super-spreaders, saying science did not back it up
•Boris Johnson has faced ferocious backlash for plan to reopen schools on June 1
by Connor Boyd
But Professor Spiegelhalter pointed out that just one out of 7million children aged four to 14 in England and Wales has died from COVID-19...

Spiegelhalter also condemned a German pre-published study that suggested children carry the same viral load of COVID-19 as adults.
Because youngsters get much more mild symptoms, the results raised fears children could become super-spreaders.
However the statistician said the data clearly had been misinterpreted because it actually showed children have just a quarter of the viral load of adults.

He added: ‘One of the big problems with this epidemic is that claims are being rushed out. Peer -review [when other scientists scrutinise research] has just disappeared from scientific analyses and yet they get a lot of media coverage.
‘It is widely claimed that children have got the same viral load as adults, from a German study.
‘If you look at that study it shows that is clearly not the case, children have about a quarter of the viral load according to the study. It’s a very poor statistical analysis.’...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8340341/Leading-Cambridge-University-expert-says-risk-children-catching-COVID-19-unbelievably-low.html


16 posted on 05/26/2020 10:06:03 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Conserv

This article is a bit of a bait and switch.. it mostly talks about Musk


17 posted on 05/26/2020 10:20:05 PM PDT by dalight
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