Flatten the Curve of Armchair Epidemiology
(this did appear in an Editorials thread a couple of days ago - https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016249897 - but Editorials is the part of DU where social media distancing means that R0<1, so that it does not spread, and I swear I'm an expert on that. No, honestly ... Anyway, this is the funniest thing I've seen on this absurd situation ...)
Everyone has seen messages telling you we must act today or people will die, COVID-19 is basically just the flu, and/or that flattening the curve is a deadly delusion. These often have numbers, charts, citations, retroactively edited titles (taksies backsies), and data science.
Unfortunately, all of the above are signs of DKE-19, a highly contagious illness threatening the response against COVID-19. We must act today to flatten the curve of armchair epidemiology, or we will all be in peril.
What is DKE-19?
Dunning-Kruger Effect (DKE) is a phenomenon where people lack the ability to understand their lack of ability. While strains of DKE typically circulate seasonally, a new and more virulent strain called DKE-19 is now reaching pandemic proportions.
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Signs of DKE-19 generally appear 35 days after learning that the word epidemiology is not the study of skin diseases. Symptoms vary, but include extreme claims, making charts, and publishing on Medium. Although most cases are mild or even entirely asymptomatic, the recent outbreak indicates that severe DKE-19 primarily affects men ages 2436 working in tech, for reasons unknown to scientists who are unaccountably also men.
https://medium.com/%40noahhaber/flatten-the-curve-of-armchair-epidemiology-9aa8cf92d652