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In reply to the discussion: This woman is ON FIRE!!! She knows her numbers!! [View all]littlemissmartypants
(22,853 posts)82. I know pigs. Pigs would knock those bike racks over with a push.
I am fine with the pig analogy though. It couldn't have been a fun day unless you like being miserable. And it would totally be in character for the group to be a bunch of grumps.
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her numbers are way off, there have been at least 100 million US cases, likely more, not 41m
Celerity
Sep 2021
#41
I wrote (twice) "confirmed cases". Her numbers also follow that. As does Worldometers
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2021
#46
your maths are way off as well, you are using a flawed formula on the simplest of things
Celerity
Sep 2021
#47
Okay, so your factor is 2.5, not 1.6. Barely one binary bit. Factor of 100 to 1 dominates
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2021
#54
if you think that the difference between 40 million and 100 million as a base input is not large
Celerity
Sep 2021
#58
No. I don't and you know it. So don't say (stuff) like that I never said.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2021
#62
Only accurate for an fundamentally incorrect amount of cases, and tbh, not even then, as she also
Celerity
Sep 2021
#64
According to the John Hopkins Covid 19 dashboard, as of right now, there have been
Fla Dem
Sep 2021
#71
Did you click on the link? The CDC itself estimates 120 million cases as of last May.
Crunchy Frog
Sep 2021
#92
Yes, correct even if will shift a bit in time. But the BIG SIGNAL is that the vaccines work well.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2021
#55
Sure. But the fundamental scourge of the low-info types is the desire for 100% solutions
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2021
#63
This. Plus, these numbers need to be broken down to reflect risk to seniors/impaired immunity
JudyM
Sep 2021
#94
I posted her TikTok a couple of days ago...just love her, and yes she knows her numbers
PortTack
Sep 2021
#19
How I was able to substantiate the numbers...Someone could probably do better though
Chakaconcarne
Sep 2021
#29
VAERS is a self-reporting site. Your skepticism is well advised. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2021
#74
Everyone has 2 minutes and 16 seconds to watch this...You can watch this while taking a poop
Stuart G
Sep 2021
#35
I had trouble believing that billions of shots have been given but she's right!
Laurelin
Sep 2021
#52
And their parents do this stupid as shit too. No masks/no vaccines 30,000 people in a cow pasture
Botany
Sep 2021
#73
And they complain about being "sheep" when they are literally corralled in.
littlemissmartypants
Sep 2021
#76
You are right! I was remembering another shot from the same rally where they really had ....
Botany
Sep 2021
#89
The shot is free. Funerals are expensive. You can get a few discounts for child funerals. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2021
#75
Oh, doubters. What are our odds of contracting, spreading, dying of covid when 90% are vaccinated?
jaxexpat
Sep 2021
#72