The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Saturday

Re:The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Sa... by Clubber on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @10:34AM (#16158865)

>but I'd be surprised if the number was non-zero (think in terms of car crashes, stress-aggravated cerebrovascular accidents, and so on).

I'm assuming you meant you'd be surprised if that number was zero. It's awfully hard to, in good faith, directly associate a message with a death. I mean if you wanted to make it seem bigger than it was, you could associate any crash or heart related death that happened in that 38 minute (?) period as directly a result of the warning, but I don't think that would be in good faith.

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Re:The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Sa... by TheOtherHobbes on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @10:44AM (#16158956)

It shouldn't be hard to check if there's a spike in mortality above the median background around the period of the test.

Statistical significance will depend on the size of the spike.

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Re:The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Sa... by Clubber on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @11:05AM (#16159144)

Ya, but like you said, it would have to be a significant spike, particularly for a 38 minute window. I haven't heard anything reported.

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