Thursday, April 30, 2020

In Which I Bemoan How Bad People Are at Math

As of today, there are over 300,000 reported confirmed covid cases in NY State. Let's assume, extremely conservatively, that only 9 cases go undetected for each person tested.

That is THREE MILLION. Please, tell me how you will fund, and then accomplish in a timely manner, enough contact tracing to make one iota of difference. In a state where public transit ran throughout.

I know it sounds good and makes people feel better, but can nobody do arithmetic?

2 comments:

  1. No, nobody can do arithmetic. Nobody understands probability either. It's bloody irritating.

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    1. Like, you don't even need epidemiology here, you can just do some basic arithmetic? And let us not even discuss the availability heuristic.

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