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nCoV 2019-2020 Outbreak

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unofan said:
If you use formula X to determine the lethality of all other viruses like the flu, and you use formula X to determine the lethality of this virus, those numbers will provide a decent enough comparison to allow people to judge risk even if there's a systematic bias in formula X. Because to the average person, they don't care what the absolute value is, they care about how the number differs from an everyday infection like the cold or the flu.
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Much better than how I phrased it.
 
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This is fine

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You said they don't overlap much. That's simply inaccurate. But yes, not all rich people are smart and not all poor people are dumb. But the more money you have the better chance you have of being educated.
 
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J.D. said:
You said they don't overlap much. That's simply inaccurate. But yes, not all rich people are smart and not all poor people are dumb. But the more money you have the better chance you have of being educated.
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Education is not intelligence. Anyone who has attended a tier 1 school realizes this by the fifth day. Dubya has two Ivy degrees. Even Dump sort of has one.

Money definitely correlates with education. But intellect? No.

The mistake people make is that money varies inversely with intelligence. This is a false conclusion from the true observation that interest in money varies inversely with intelligence. In truth, there is no relationship at all.
 
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No but being subjected to a good education at least increases your chances. Not everyone maximizes the opportunity though.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
3. Assume the CFR is right. In this case, at 2% is a little scary.
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I was reading yesterday in The Slate the demographic breakdown of that number.

The fatality rate for those under 10 is zero (which I find amazing since we know the flu kills young children), 0.2% of healthy adults, and for those who are sick and elderly, 14.8%. That's a weighted average of 0.2% across the population.

It also said all these reports of asymptomatic cases may be good news -- it means a lot more people are getting it with little consequences.
 
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Russell Jaslow said:
I was reading yesterday in The Slate the demographic breakdown of that number.

The fatality rate for those under 10 is zero (which I find amazing since we know the flu kills young children), 0.2% of healthy adults, and for those who are sick and elderly, 14.8%. That's a weighted average of 0.2% across the population.

It also said all these reports of asymptomatic cases may be good news -- it means a lot more people are getting it with little consequences.
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Huh. Solves social security anyway.
 
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J.D. said:
No but being subjected to a good education at least increases your chances. Not everyone maximizes the opportunity though.
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Oh it's absolutely true that education and intelligence when combined are a force multiplier. But that's not what the original topic was about.

Look, I'll make this simpler. Kill the rich and eat them.

There.

Simpler.
 
Kepler said:
Oh it's absolutely true that education and intelligence when combined are a force multiplier. But that's not what the original topic was about.

Look, I'll make this simpler. Compost the rich, use them to grow food.

There.

Simpler.
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Fixed.
 
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Russell Jaslow said:
I was reading yesterday in The Slate the demographic breakdown of that number.

The fatality rate for those under 10 is zero (which I find amazing since we know the flu kills young children), 0.2% of healthy adults, and for those who are sick and elderly, 14.8%. That's a weighted average of 0.2% across the population.

It also said all these reports of asymptomatic cases may be good news -- it means a lot more people are getting it with little consequences.
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Whoops sorry. Major typo in there that totally misrepresented the numbers.

That's a weighted average of 2.0% across the population.
 
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