[ExI] Virus testing

[John Clark]

On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 10:09 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>>…Meanwhile a disease computer model says that if the lockdown had started
>> just one week earlier in March at least 36,000 American lives could have
>> been saved…
>>
>>
>> Delay in Lockdown Led to at Least 36,000 More Deaths, Models Find
>> <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/us/coronavirus-live-updates.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage>
>>
>>
>
> *> The mayor of New York City urged his people to stay at their jobs and
> not panic. *
>

And that was a dumb thing for the mayor to do.



>  > *This graphic represents a very important signal.*
>

Yes, and the most important thing is that if the lockdown had started just
one week earlier the death toll in New York City on May 3 would have been
2,838 and not 17,581, and the US national death toll would have been 29,410
and not 65,307. And the decision on when to start the lockdown was based on
politics and on very questionable CDC statistics that made things look
better than they really were.

John K Clark
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