F*U*C*K*I*N*G ASSHATS

[RedDenver]

Huh. Now it looks like the exact opposite is true. Fancy that.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/generalprofessionalissues/86594

Just to be clear for those who don't click the link, the data is being fudged to make covid look less severe.

States may be fudging data to give the false impression that the coronavirus is under control, the Associated Press reports.

In Florida, scientist Rebekah Jones -- who developed the state's coronavirus dashboard -- said she was fired for refusing to manipulate data to bolster plans to reopen.

In Georgia, a graph was doctored, with dates switched around, to make it look as if cases were going down and giving a false impression the the virus was under control.

 

[knapplc]

The problem they're going to have is that other countries are going to post their data, and when it doesn't match up with America's, it's going to be a little suspicious.

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

The problem they're going to have is that other countries are going to post their data, and when it doesn't match up with America's, it's going to be a little suspicious.

Bangladesh has something like 26,000 cases and 900 deaths at the moment. 

It's an incredibly poor country of 160 million people in a state the size of Arkansas. If hundreds of thousands of Bangledeshi's don't die of COVID-19, you have to wonder what made the U.S., Italy, Spain, and Belgium so deadly. 

 

[teachercd]

Bangladesh has something like 26,000 cases and 900 deaths at the moment. 

It's an incredibly poor country of 160 million people in a state the size of Arkansas. If hundreds of thousands of Bangledeshi's don't die of COVID-19, you have to wonder what made the U.S., Italy, Spain, and Belgium so deadly. 

That those countries are counting every death as Covid and that Bangladesh doesn't?

 

[RedDenver]

That those countries are counting every death as Covid and that Bangladesh doesn't?

Or that Bangladesh is under counting their covid deaths.

 

[teachercd]

Or that Bangladesh is under counting their covid deaths.

Maybe!

I think the important point we are agreeing on is that the numbers are being manipulated all over.

 

[RedDenver]

Maybe!

I think the important point we are agreeing on is that the numbers are being manipulated all over.

I'm not agreeing with that. The numbers could be manipulated, but they could also just be wrong without nefarious intent.

 

[Ulty]

I'm not agreeing with that. The numbers could be manipulated, but they could also just be wrong without nefarious intent.

Just remember, comments like this are the kind of abrasive asshattery that run people off of this board. 

 

[teachercd]

I'm not agreeing with that. The numbers could be manipulated, but they could also just be wrong without nefarious intent.

I agree...

 

[RedDenver]

I agree...

Touche

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

If the F•U*C*K*I*N*G ASSHATS thread in the Woodshed is going to keep being this polite, I'm heading back up to the civilized world. 

 

[GSG]

If the F•U*C*K*I*N*G ASSHATS thread in the Woodshed is going to keep being this polite, I'm heading back up to the civilized world. 

 

[ZRod]

Where's OP?

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

Nice try, but I don't think you mean it. 

 

[GSG]

Nice try, but I don't think you mean it. 

Not really but there's something about the way Randy Marsh says it that seemed perfect: