The Failure of Imperial College Modeling
Disease models: The Failure of Imperial College Modeling Is Far Worse than We Knew – AIER True: The exaggerated forecasts of this modeling team are now impossible to downplay or…
MIT study says masks, distancing don’t work
Everything you know is wrong: The risk of being exposed to Covid-19 indoors is as great at 60 feet as it is at 6 feet — even when wearing a…
Why I do not make predictions
It is rare for anyone to follow up on past, bold pronouncements about the future. Such pronouncements tend to be wrong. I was old enough in 1970 to remember some…
Nice explanation of the false positive problem and Bayes Theorem
Len Cabrera explains the math behind estimating the number of true positive and false positive COVID-18 test results Source: Estimating the number of false positive tests – Alachua Chronicle And…
Efficiency in Agriculture
Many think the quaint and tranquil working the land by hand is the future of agriculture. Uh, no, its ont. In some ways, it is not surprising that many of…
Tech: Adding product placements and ads in to old movies
Getting consumer goods in shot is big business for movies and TV series, and items can now be added digitally. Source: How product placements may soon be added to classic…
Disease Models
Saw these shared on social media today. This is the model from last December projecting daily new cases under various scenarios. The column chart at bottom are the actual real…
America’s infrastructure is getting better, not actually crumbling
What politicians and news stories don’t tell you is that America’s bridges have been steadily improving for three decades. Source: Biden’s Crumbling Bridges | Cato at Liberty Blog
Other than these minor points, it’s a great study :)
https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1383063525854224389
They were wearing face masks here
This is an Oregon beach, photographed earlier this week. As you can see, it is very crowded – hah hah. Social distancing is clearly tough to do – hah hah.…