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OT: Coronavirus Resources - and other things to not worry about

I can understand the need to know, but this is all rampant speculation at this point, and it can be unhealthy IMO to make these kinds of guesses.
 
I just got an email that a guy I had dinner with (along with a few others) at my conference in New Orleans has COVID. Yikes.
 
SundinsTooth said:
Death rates are well documented...some one can easily compare these numbers to see the uptick.
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Yeah, that's my thought. You can cover this number up (either intentionally or through lack of capacity to test the dead) for a while but when researchers start seeing crazy upticks in deaths caused by a whole bunch of different issues, in the end they'll all be considered to be at least loosely connected to covid.
 
I just got an email that a guy I had dinner with (along with a few others) at my conference in New Orleans has COVID. Yikes.
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zeke said:
haven't seen anyone do that comprehensively yet, but I have seen specific rates in specific areas and those comps are ugly.
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You're the data man. Instead of a daily "Real Standings" update. How about a relative death increase daily update?
 
SundinsTooth said:
Yeah, this is a problem. So many data nerds lacking the diligence and appreciation for statistical processes.
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My favourite passage from the article:

This isn’t to pick on Stanway (although, like many others, he should take down his misleading post), but to point out a larger problem with coronavirus data vigilantes: They don’t know what they don’t know. They are oddly comfortable marshalling irrelevant credentials to make sweeping predictions that muddy the waters at a profoundly critical time. As one Twitter user quipped, “Coronavirus can cause a hacking cough. As a software engineer, I know a thing or two about hacking. In this Medium post I will be.”
 
MindzEye said:
My favourite passage from the article:

This isn’t to pick on Stanway (although, like many others, he should take down his misleading post), but to point out a larger problem with coronavirus data vigilantes: They don’t know what they don’t know. They are oddly comfortable marshalling irrelevant credentials to make sweeping predictions that muddy the waters at a profoundly critical time. As one Twitter user quipped, “Coronavirus can cause a hacking cough. As a software engineer, I know a thing or two about hacking. In this Medium post I will be.”
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Heh, I saw that reply "Coronovirus came from bats and as a baseball player, I know a thing or two about bats..."
 
My guess is the number of asymptomatic carriers is at least as much as symptomatic if not more.
 
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