The Reality is NOT what the Models Projected.

[MountainGirl]

Just listened on youtube to the briefing from earlier today - and Dr Deborah Birx said the following, when talking about the numbers of projected infected, deaths, etc - said that everybody just needs to calm down, and quit generating fear. She continued -

"All the models were based on a study done at (didn't catch it, some group in the UK) and we're looking at that again because we have enough data now, and the reality is not what the models projected. Taking Italy, for example, the model projected over 400,000 deaths by this point, and they are nowhere near that." (8,215 as of 2 min ago)

At this point, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
I think I'll laugh.

[MountainGirl]

Here's a link to the Fox article on this -

Coronavirus-data-not-matching-extreme-predictions

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/deb...me-predictions

[juskom95]

The computer models assumed just about every worst case scenario from what I was listening to and reading the past few days.

[StratBastard]

The only options we have is to mitigate it as best we can, wait it out, and see how it shakes out. But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... gotta endlessly dial it up to 11, and sensationalize every possible aspect, rumor, and hypothesis.

[BucketBack]

I'm trying to figure out how to mount a Chinese Ceiling L.E.D..

Something was lost in the translation to the instructions

[Dwight55]

I'm trying to figure out how to mount a Chinese Ceiling L.E.D..

Something was lost in the translation to the instructions

Just remember, . . . duct tape IS your friend.

May God bless,
Dwight

[BucketBack]

[Inor]

Just listened on youtube to the briefing from earlier today - and Dr Deborah Birx said the following, when talking about the numbers of projected infected, deaths, etc - said that everybody just needs to calm down, and quit generating fear. She continued -

"All the models were based on a study done at (didn't catch it, some group in the UK) and we're looking at that again because we have enough data now, and the reality is not what the models projected. Taking Italy, for example, the model projected over 400,000 deaths by this point, and they are nowhere near that." (8,215 as of 2 min ago)

At this point, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
I think I'll laugh.

8,200 dead does not sell ads for the T.V. station, 400,000 dead does. As the greatest professional wrestler of all time, The Crusher, once said: "Dat's all da people need to know!"

[MountainGirl]

8,200 dead does not sell ads for the T.V. station, 400,000 dead does. As the greatest professional wrestler of all time, The Crusher, once said: "Dat's all da people need to know!"

The virus is real.
Some people will die.
More people will recover.
Most will never catch it.
That ^^ is what I believe.

Everything else is evil bullshit.

I hope the stimulus fails.
It's time to start over.
When you're in a hole, digging doesn't get you out of it.
Unleash the people, let us fix this.

[Inor]

The virus is real.
Some people will die.
More people will recover.
Most will never catch it.
That ^^ is what I believe.

Everything else is evil bullshit.

I hope the stimulus fails.
It's time to start over.
When you're in a hole, digging doesn't get you out of it.
Unleash the people, let us fix this.

I think you have it pretty well on target.

The virus is real and it is something to watch and plan accordingly and not freak out over. But we are barely over a week into this and people (especially some "preppers") are acting like it is the end of the world. It is not. I cannot even read Maine Marine's posts over on PF anymore because he is acting like such a little girl over the whole thing. (My sincere apologies to little girls everywhere.)

We were 3 days into the "shutdown" and he was already calling for a government bailout for people making their damn mortgage payments?!?! I'm sorry, but after the Dot-Com/9-11 explosion in 2002 and the meltdown in 2008-09, if you have not learned to keep 6-12 months of living expenses held back in cash, you are too damn stupid to live and procreate! GRRRR!!!!