[ExI] extropy-chat Digest, Vol 204, Issue 4

[Stuart LaForge]

Quoting Henry Rivera:

> On Sep 2, 2020, at 10:12 PM, Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat  
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> and only infected 260 new cases
>
>
> Maybe. This population is very hard to track. There wasn?t contact  
> tracing of everyone. Many try to live off the books, don?t want to  
> be found, wouldn?t respond to surveys etc. I?d guess more than the  
> average American. Maybe wouldn?t go to the doctor or get tested if  
> sick. Hospital admissions may be a what it would take to record a  
> covid positive. Bikers are diverse I recognize, but the portion that  
> wants to avoid government intrusion is probably bigger than other  
> subcultures/groups. Based on my experience with bikers. I?ve been to  
> sturgis and have family and past client who were in that subculture.
> Do people agree or think I?m off base? I am speculating and can?t  
> claim I?ve interacted with a representative sample.

Very good points all. I do admit my prognostication was perhaps  
overly-optimistic in consideration of how "off the grid" a lot of  
these guys are.

Stuart LaForge