Re:Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagio...
by kerkeslager on Friday July 17, 2020 @11:58AM
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> As long as we are comparing with what people actually do when there is a lockdown.
We are.
> This is what makes the data analysis so difficult - perhaps in some areas people actually followed lockdown rules - where I live basically nobody did.
Really? People in your area showed up to closed businesses and did what, congregated outside pointlessly? I'm gonna have to say, I don't believe that.
> Swedes kept going to routine checkups whereas Californians didn’t - but was that caused by the lockdowns or differences in culture?
[citation needed] still, because I have no idea where you're seeing anything there which you're claiming, and more to the point, a biophysicist is not the same as an epidemiologist, and even more to the point, even an epidemiologist needs evidence to back up their point.
In short, link a study, or you are just making crap up.
> > Comparing Sweden to the US is misleading
> Yes, and so is comparing Sweden and Denmark - but you were happy to do that.
No, it's not.
The difference is that I gave reasons why the US and Sweden are different, whereas you don't seem to feel that a lack of evidence should prevent you from saying things.
Again, provide evidence for your claims, or you're just making crap up.
> NYC for example has had a ruinous number of deaths in nursing homes.
NYC didn't lock down until the disease had already been widespread.
We are.
> This is what makes the data analysis so difficult - perhaps in some areas people actually followed lockdown rules - where I live basically nobody did.
Really? People in your area showed up to closed businesses and did what, congregated outside pointlessly? I'm gonna have to say, I don't believe that.
> Swedes kept going to routine checkups whereas Californians didn’t - but was that caused by the lockdowns or differences in culture?
[citation needed]
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[citation needed] still, because I have no idea where you're seeing anything there which you're claiming, and more to the point, a biophysicist is not the same as an epidemiologist, and even more to the point, even an epidemiologist needs evidence to back up their point.
In short, link a study, or you are just making crap up.
> > Comparing Sweden to the US is misleading
> Yes, and so is comparing Sweden and Denmark - but you were happy to do that.
No, it's not.
The difference is that I gave reasons why the US and Sweden are different, whereas you don't seem to feel that a lack of evidence should prevent you from saying things.
Again, provide evidence for your claims, or you're just making crap up.
> NYC for example has had a ruinous number of deaths in nursing homes.
NYC didn't lock down until the disease had already been widespread.