tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655407863660711763.post5392094001684554304..comments2023-04-13T15:43:17.917-04:00Comments on Billy Rubin's Blog: COVID, and the Graphic Representations of Death, and TransmissionBilly Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04850166742797443954noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655407863660711763.post-66236766612089010152020-05-02T14:39:00.762-04:002020-05-02T14:39:00.762-04:00We "know" that's an undercount. Wha...We "know" that's an undercount. What you "know" ain't exactly "so". Compare 2019 deaths from 2020 deaths for NY. What we actually know is that there is a high degree of uncertainty. Sloppy thinking.<br /><br />People keep saying that covid is coming to my area of flyover country, but our new infections have been flat for a month and our random swab sample showed almost 4% infections. I figure we're at 16% who have or have had covid. Herd immunity by end of June.theasdgamerhttp://theasdgamer.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655407863660711763.post-62965960077432823412020-04-24T11:19:00.606-04:002020-04-24T11:19:00.606-04:00Billy, the web counters right now (4-24-2020 at 11...Billy, the web counters right now (4-24-2020 at 11 am EDT) are reporting about 50.4k deaths directly from covid. We know that's an undercount, but any guess on exactly how under it is? Or is this a "they'll figure it out in 5 years when all the dust settles" type situation?Eric the Shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18064319144677555590noreply@blogger.com