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(7,077 posts)Response to FreepFryer (Reply #1)
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FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Next, lets correlate it to something cool, like pirates and ice cream.
denem
(11,045 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)You screenshotted two graphs about a pandemic from a random Web site that appear to show a climbing rate, but didnt explain the graphs, nor even cite them.
The height of laziness and irresponsibility.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)Our sources include the United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Bank.
We analyze the available data, perform statistical analysis, and build our algorithm which feeds the real time estimate.
Our counters have been licensed for the United Nations Conference Rio+20, BBC News, U2 concert, World Expo, and prestigious museums and events worldwide...
https://www.worldometers.info/faq/
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)We are slowly becoming like those we despise.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)...lest we begin to ignore the origin, limits and context of information pasted from external sites.
In so doing, we would become like those whom we oppose.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)The sources you list are comprehensive but are not the basis of the contents of the Coronavirus page.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)(for more on that, see: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212952858 ).
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)lapfog_1
(29,223 posts)There are two "good things" about this tracking graph at the lower right. There is a slight decline in the rate of new cases in China... TBD if this is significant yet. The other bit is the places outside of China growth where the growth rate is essentially flat.
The bad news is the rumor that the cases in China may be vastly under reported due to a lack of test kits.
But there is enough data so far to warrant a declaration of a pandemic. WHO and the CDC should speed the discovery of a vaccine or treatment (again, rumor from Vietnam is that a combination of Tamiflu and another anti-virus drug show promise is helping the recovery of at-risk individuals, not a cure, but possible life saving treatment).
I am watching the infection cases in my area of the US because I would be considered at-risk (older person with pre-existing health risks). When there are more than something like 10 cases in my neck of the woods... I will be curtailing all interactions with other people... a sort of self imposed isolation, with frequent washing of hands and wearing a mask to prevent my hands from touching my nose or mouth (that said, the effectiveness of such measures is more or less unknown as even the transmission vector is still speculative).
Oddly enough, my company has already started encouraging people to work from home for the duration... and it is now mandatory for our division in China.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)...for at-risk populations are indeed a prudent step. Hopes that they will be unnecessary but this does indeed look pandemic.
Tech
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(7,077 posts)denem
(11,045 posts)Thanks for playing.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Still no actual expertise or information.
I can only assume you have little if any actual knowledge about this subject, and cannot even interpret the graphs you post.
I can tell, because this post is getting less useful the more u add.
denem
(11,045 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Its dost in that quote, next time you wanna use Shakespeare to blather.
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FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)denem
(11,045 posts)Why don't you do a Box-Jenkins on the aggregate numbers and tell me what the deaths will be in the USA?
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)moriah
(8,311 posts)And if I haven't already taken mine, I'd try to use it as a reminder to take them.
But I have, so no purpose served.