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Quixote1818

(28,928 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 05:42 PM Mar 2020

Dumbest statistics video on Covid19 I have seen yet

A lot of MAGAits are circulating this. Evidently closing down the country makes the virus worse according to this idiots logic. He thinks China simply ran its course and the flattening of the curve had nothing to do with the entire country locking down. He seems to cherry pick countries stats after they have already put all kinds of social distancing in place or pick countries like Iraq and leave off the last week when things have skyrocketed.

See Iraq's latest graph here: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/iraq/



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Dumbest statistics video on Covid19 I have seen yet (Original Post) Quixote1818 Mar 2020 OP
See? Chainfire Mar 2020 #1
That sounds a lot like Sebastian Gorka underpants Mar 2020 #2
Similar to another one I had to counter yesterday Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #3
report it on youtube Demonaut Mar 2020 #4
This is really the paradox we face VMA131Marine Mar 2020 #5

Ms. Toad

(34,062 posts)
3. Similar to another one I had to counter yesterday
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:07 PM
Mar 2020

that cites an article authored by Fauci about the death rate being comparable to (or less than) the flu. The article doesn't address how the rapid transmission, the duration and intensity of medical invention for severe cases, or the limits on hospital resources.

Pretty simliar to this one.

VMA131Marine

(4,138 posts)
5. This is really the paradox we face
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:54 PM
Mar 2020

If we respond to COVID19 correctly, it will look like a massive overreaction because few people will die compared to the numbers who would die if we did nothing. China brutally locked down Wuhan and it seems to have been effective, whether you believe the official numbers or think they are vastly understated.

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