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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1219009)4/13/2020 3:14:34 PM
From: Tenchusatsu1 Recommendation  Read Replies (5) of 1576612
 
Mindmeld,
Except for one problem. There may be 900,000 other people out there who got COVID
Do you see the flaw in your own argument?

So far, I've only seen one study that hints that the actual infection rates are far higher than what's being reported. And that study assumes that the presence of a certain antibody necessarily correlates to an unreported coronavirus infection.

That assumption needs much more testing before it can be confirmed as valid. But that's the nature of science. Consistency of objective, observable results is the way to confirm hypotheses and assumptions. The wilder the conclusion, namely the notion that the reported infection rates of COVID-19 are much lower than reality, the more data I require before I accept that conclusion as valid.

What I see too often in this day and age are people who start with a preconceived notion, no matter how wrong it may be. Then said people will scour the Internet until they find some "scientific study" that confirms what they believe. They will post that "study," where it goes viral because there are many other people who want to believe the same thing.

I've seen this happen with anti-vaxxers. I've seen this happen with climate change fanatics. I've seen this happen with politicians who try and force draconian solutiions to problems that simply don't exist, all on the basis of one or two "scientific studies."

I have no desire to repeat these same mistakes when it comes to COVID-19. This disease really is a Big Fuckin' Deal, and I hate it when people try and downplay the severity of it, even in the name of libertarianism.

Tenchusatsu
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