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Grumpy_Butthead
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Neil Ferguson
Jun 19 2020 01:52PM more by Grumpy_Butthead
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I blame him.

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https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/05/08/so-the-real-scandal-is-why-did-anyone-ever-listen-to-this-guy/
https://www.cato.org/blog/how-one-model-simulated-22-million-us-deaths-covid-19
      
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KaiserSoce
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Jun 19 2020 02:01PM     link to this

Yep!

This guy’s research was trash.... but everybody bought it.
Grumpy_Butthead
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Jun 19 2020 02:03PM     link to this

It is all Trump's fault
Night-Rider
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Jun 19 2020 03:14PM     link to this

Most of Europe (except for Sweden) went for lockdowns as well. There was more to it than Niel Ferguson's paper.

GoBallsDeep
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Jun 19 2020 03:59PM     link to this

He broke his own rules on "social distancing" AND had a fucked up model

Each government had to choose it's own way thru the pandemic and, of course, his info was not the only consideration........but it was a big factor.

Anyway, he's out of a job so there's that
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