Friday, September 11, 2020

Stop Making Grand Predictions and Proclamations

 Two months ago on YouTube:


Today:




That 35 is deaths. 

Look, that's not a lot but as a percentage of cases it's 3% case fatality rate (CFR) which is actually quite high. There are a lot of reasons why Vietnam and other countries in the region aren't seeing huge cases (no it's not masks). The point here is that a lot of people (most calling themselves experts) are making grand predictions and proclamations usually to scare the shit out of the public. You need to be very skeptical of these proclamations, particularly those coming from those with clear political interests.