Posted on 05/14/2020 8:58:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Who is this guy? He needs to follow the science.
This is not a scientific explanation, and as a scientist I despise people who try to argue what are political decisions with bullshit.
Science is numbers, causes, means of transmission and statistics of outcomes, etc., what treatments result in what prognoses with what likelihoods, etc.
The choices one makes informed by that are political choices, also informed by law, economics, etc.
Scientists should stop abusing science to do what science cannot do, or what it should not be used to do, which is to force political decisions as if they are preordained.
And by the way, while I support valid and effective public health measures in the face of contagion, I don't support the lockdown and forced economic collapse of our country. But that isn't a "scientific choice," it's an economic and political choice. And if our laws and constitution don't allow it, it's a legal choice.
Great article!
Finally some good news!
And do “what the science says.” Ever sit and listen to science speaking to you? I haven’t either. I hear daily jibber jabber from supposedly great scientists, but from science, not a word. Ask 10 scientists for political opinions and you will get 30 answers, except on the Trump question, any Trump question.
RE: Who is this guy? He needs to follow the science.
For your perusal:
SOURCE: https://www.hoover.org/profiles/jay-bhattacharya
Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., was a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is an assistant professor at Stanford University Medical School.
MORE HERE:
https://profiles.stanford.edu/jay-bhattacharya
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and at the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute.
He holds courtesy appointments as Professor in Economics and in Health Research and Policy. He directs the Stanford Center on the Demography of Health and Aging.
Dr. Bhattacharyas research focuses on the economics of health care around the world with a particular emphasis on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. Dr. Bhattacharyas peer-reviewed research has been published in economics, statistics, legal, medical, public health, and health policy journals. He holds an MD and PhD in economics from Stanford University.
Academic Appointments:
Professor, Medicine - Primary Care Outcomes Research
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Professor (By courtesy), Health Research & Policy
Administrative Appointments
Director, Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging, Stanford University (2011 - Present)
Research Associate, Acumen, LLC (2007 - Present)
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economics Research (2002 - Present)
Professional Education:
PhD, Stanford University, Economics (2000)
MD, Stanford University (1997)
Patents:
Jay Bhattacharya, Michael Schoenbaum, Mark Spranca, Neeraj Sood. “United States Patent 7,426,474 Health Cost and Flexible Spending Account Calculator”, Sep 16, 2008
There are grandstanding frauds on both sides of this argument.
[[Science is numbers, causes, means of transmission and statistics of outcomes, etc.,]]
I’ll just add that it is an —objective analysis— of those things you mentioned- (NOT Michael Mann hockystick analysis- that’s for sure), but sadly in many cases it no longer is- science is being bastardized by propagandists-
I’m pretty sure that I saw the peer-reviewed study that showed that the “clampdown” was better than “doing nothing” published in the J.I.R. the other day.
AmIWrong?
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/world-will-need-new-financial-system-after-covid-19-1.4211363
This was not meant to be an article on a peer reviewed “scientific” journal. So you are a scientist? So what, I am too.
and then when science says, oops we need to do the opposite...
keep believing fully in us, sheeple
but the Socialists of the world hit the jackpot with this virus, .....so why would they want it to go away !
Yeah, I saw it in JIR, right after the article on Preparation of Pure Crap.
If you look at the empirical evidence from the 1918-1920 Spanish flu the findings demonstrate a strong association between early, sustained, and layered application of nonpharmaceutical interventions and mitigating the consequences of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic in the United States. This separate study shows the same - lockdowns emphatically and empirically work
cities that adopted the most aggressive social distancing measures had the highest economic growth after the restrictions were lifted.
Moreover, cities that implemented NPIs 10 days earlier than other cities increased their manufacturing employment by 5% more than those that imposed restrictions later. The difference lasted through to 1923.
Overall they found an additional 50 days of social-distancing was associated with a 6.5% percent increase in manufacturing employment.
Countries that went into lockdown early - Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Germany were hit far less hard than those who went into lockdown LATE like Italy, Spain, France, the UK and Sweden.
The science says there is no way to stop the virus. This guys last statement is true. You can’t stop the virus because you can’t track the virus. You would have to test everyone, everyday. Not going to happen.
If you can’t tell who has the virus,
and its highly infectious,
and 5% of the populous already has the virus,
and you don’t know who they are,
then you cannot stop the virus unless you can test everyone to figure out who has it. And of course you have to continually test these people while you are testing and tracking. Like a game of wack a mole. You will never win.
I don’t know what the #### that charts means and I don’t care.
People die. This time it’s from a virus that picks on the weak and old.
Take some precautions and live life.
I can’t stand what faggots this country has become.
Apollo 11 astronauts 3 weeks in a germ isolated environment is a proper quarantine , not three months of tyranny with home deliveries and essential approved outings by the governor
https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-apollo-11-crew-quarantined-3-weeks-after-moon-landing-2019-7
Its no wonder we have never been back to the moon
exactly
this is why they hate the hcq discovery blowing up their plans
BA
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