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09-09-2020, 05:51 PM

#521

ClncClarence

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Originally Posted by rickair7777

20% of August US Covid cases came from... Sturgis.

Wow. I guess we know what not to do for the next couple months.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/sturg...s-south-dakota

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The study referenced in the article is hot garbage and contains numbers that were pulled out of thin air by people who are not experts in the relevant subject area. $46,000 per case? What? Please show me any credible source for that number.

09-12-2020, 08:21 PM

#522

TransWorld

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rickair7777

20% of August US Covid cases came from... Sturgis.

Wow. I guess we know what not to do for the next couple months.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/sturg...s-south-dakota

This study has been thoroughly debunked. It spread like wildfire through the media. Turns out it overstated by several orders of magnitude. Just stating facts.

The study also stated asymptotic cases cost $11,000 in medical bills per patient.

09-13-2020, 01:13 PM

#523

kingairfun

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rickair7777

20% of August US Covid cases came from... Sturgis.

Wow. I guess we know what not to do for the next couple months.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/sturg...s-south-dakota

One confirmed death a few hundred confirmed cases... I'd say the authors of this paper should be on the level of that guy in England who is never correct with his forecasts.

09-13-2020, 02:17 PM

#524

Mesabah

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The model was built off cell phone traffic, and the spike of cases in August in South Dakota. The problem is that North Dakota had the same spike(actually a higher one), starting well before Sturgis. On top of that, the simulated linear model is laughable.
They don't care however, the article generated the headlines, and that's all they wanted to do.

09-14-2020, 06:53 AM

#525

rickair7777

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Originally Posted by TransWorld

That makes more sense.

09-14-2020, 06:56 AM

#526

Mesabah

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As was painfully obvious from day 1, restaurants are the primary vector outside of healthcare facilities. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/...cid=mm6936a5_x

09-14-2020, 07:56 AM

#527

Speed Select

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Originally Posted by Mesabah

As was painfully obvious from day 1, restaurants are the primary vector outside of healthcare facilities. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/...cid=mm6936a5_x

Shut them all down. All of them. Problem solved.

And frankly, I’m sure CV isn’t the only potentially fatal disease spread at restaurants, cruise ships, airplanes, bowling alleys, health care facilities, etc. Shut it all down. Or do you choose profits over lives?

Shut it all down. Everything. If it saves just one life, it’s worth it!

09-14-2020, 11:20 AM

#528

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Originally Posted by Speed Select

We should just park every airplane then. There is a measurable risk of death every time an aircraft leaves the gate. Those passengers are far safer at home where they belong. Shut it all down. If it saves one life, it's worth it!

Aren't we all profiting by putting the public at risk? I mean, that is our whole job. We are all choosing money over lives.