[COVID-19] - News & Discussion

[bob3160]

https://youtu.be/LpAKcQufacc

[polonus]

According to these data, in the Netherlands and the UK no-one has recovered.
Re: https://ourtechtrends.com/corona-live-updates/

In the USA 446927 recovered. How come?

Conclusion - not a single soul is immune from statistics and darned lies?

polonus

[bob3160]

@Damien,
Statistics is a way of using numbers to prove my point even when it's not the truth.

[alanb]

According to these data, in the Netherlands and the UK no-one has recovered.
Re: https://ourtechtrends.com/corona-live-updates/

In the USA 446927 recovered. How come?

Conclusion - not a single soul is immune from statistics and darned lies?

polonus

pol, that's because neither the UK nor the Netherlands keep a record of recovery numbers.

The chart should have stated "N/A" or similar,

[alanb]

What a dummy!

[DavidR]

According to these data, in the Netherlands and the UK no-one has recovered.
Re: https://ourtechtrends.com/corona-live-updates/

In the USA 446927 recovered. How come?

Conclusion - not a single soul is immune from statistics and darned lies?

polonus

Ultimately, those infected, minus those who died = those who recovered.

The problem being, those not detected, asymptomatic, or the tens of thousands still being treated, or self-isolated and not confirmed as infected. 
Or as they say in statistics, rubbish in rubbish out.

[polonus]

@DavidR,

That's why I fear that a covid-19 app is never gonna work. It is just gonna give us all a false sense of being secure.
(yep, for what actually?). Any sneeze or cough could be "that particular sneeze or cough",
especially when the elderly start to sneeze and cough. 

In the old days lepers moved around with a rattle, now the alleged old corona prepper will cling to a smartphone app.
Even when they make it mandatory it does not seem to change the overall situation much i.m.h.o.

We all going to experience a plandemic crash of the economy, bigger then we have ever seen.
Better to steer away earlier than later from the situation at hand, because this seems to me to be the nastiest part.

pol

[DavidR]

@DavidR,

That's why I fear that a covid-19 app is never gonna work. It is just gonna give us all a false sense of being secure.
(yep, for what actually?). Any sneeze or cough could be "that particular sneeze or cough",
especially when the elderly start to sneeze and cough. 
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pol

Would you believe that in the Army I had to take a Testing Techniques and Analysis course, essentially what to test, when to test, how to test and validation (statistics) of training.  Even harder to believe was that this course was two weeks long. 

All this to prevent the rubbish in element so you didn't get rubbish out. 

The major problem is from statistics, you can manipulate the answers you get by the parameters you set.  As they also say, Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics.

[Asyn]

“Garry on Lockdown” video premiere
https://blog.avast.com/new-avast-video-series-garry-on-lockdown

[bob3160]

“Garry on Lockdown” video premiere
https://blog.avast.com/new-avast-video-series-garry-on-lockdown

Garry isn't alone.

[Asyn]

Should you trust the Apple/Google contact-tracing app?
https://blog.avast.com/should-you-trust-contact-tracing-apps

[DavidR]

Should you trust the Apple/Google contact-tracing app?
https://blog.avast.com/should-you-trust-contact-tracing-apps

Aren't Governments already working on contract tracing apps ?

Though UK Government IT initiatives in the past have been woeful, I have little confidence in them.  But the current UK Government scheme for covid-19 tracking, the data is meant to be kept for 20 years.  Supposedly stored on Amazon computers but not accessible by Amazon, I find that hard to believe.

Now do I trust Google or Apple, probably even less than Governments.

[Asyn]

But the current UK Government scheme for covid-19 tracking, the data is meant to be kept for 20 years.  Supposedly stored on Amazon computers but not accessible by Amazon, I find that hard to believe.

Wow, 20 years, that's a crazy timeframe. I wonder if anyone accepts such TOS.

[bob3160]

[DavidR]

But the current UK Government scheme for covid-19 tracking, the data is meant to be kept for 20 years.  Supposedly stored on Amazon computers but not accessible by Amazon, I find that hard to believe.

Wow, 20 years, that's a crazy timeframe. I wonder if anyone accepts such TOS.

I believe they said it was to be a guideline information database for possible future infections.

Me being me find that hard to swallow as would be signing up for the app in the first place. 

In some other related information, they consider the hoaxers reporting false infection from a location where the population density is high.  Scaring the pants of people and provoking an adverse/false response from governments.  We all know there are plenty of these cranks about.