#Risk

I understand people being upset about the idea of everyone going back to work before the coronavirus crisis has passed. I get the fear it'll make things worse. However...I'm technically
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Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) estimatesUK: 0.4% - 1.4%Iceland: 0.01% - 0.19%Princess Cruise: 0.38% - 2.7%CEBM summary estimate: 0.1% - 0.26%.https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/global-covid-19-case-fatality-rates/ Whereas the average bloke on the street is
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I haven’t done the maths exactly, because I’d rather soak in the bath drinking cyder... but I’m sure if I could isolate my situation, I would be better off under
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A thread about satellite collision probability The FCC & others consider "satellites equipped with propulsion capability to have a collision risk of zero or near zero."So let's ask ourselves: is that
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NEW from me: 2.5 hour waits. Poll workers in hazmats. A mother who left the polling station worried it wasn't safe. Scenes on the ground from the questionably safe Wisconsin
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Explained to a learner in my DMs who underestimates the vega risk of a near dated option:It's true that the near term option's vega is not large. But that is
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On-chain lending will split between “collateralized” and “underwritten”. In collateralized lending, you will deposit crypto collateral and withdraw a loan.In underwritten, someone will deposit collateral on your behalf and take
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Schools and personally-acceptable risk (THREAD)This thread is an attempt to address questions certain UK parents and school staff have raised to me.I’m not an epidemiologist, but as a mathematician I’m
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#COVID19 contact tracing apps: we need to go beyond shallow reassurances that privacy is protected. Here are 8 questions we think you should ask. A thread.https://cpg.doc.ic.ac.uk/blog/evaluating-contact-tracing-apps-here-are-8-privacy-questions-we-t
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With gym reopening in Ontario this Friday, I just want to say: I'm a science reporter who has been covering #COVID19 since January, and I will not be returning to
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@CMO_Odisha @Naveen_Odisha Dear Sir, I am a resident of Bhikampali GP of Lakhanpur Block, Jharsuguda. The High School our village is being used a stopover for the buses bringing migrant
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$ERSDL thread on staking math, APYs, and potential risks. This is by no means advice and is a draft of how I think about it. There’s more scenarios here but
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Thoughts on Welsh govt advice on exercise. 1st, positive. Says "ppl should ... avoid exercising on paths or ... other places they are aware can be busy". Quite right. So
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Rohit Brijnath is perhaps one of the finest Sports Journalist around. In his article about the Golfing Legend Arnold Palmer,who died in 2016,he wrote;"The thing sport should take from Palmer
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This is an oversimplification of the CDC’s new testing guidelines as well as the science surrounding COVID testing. I’m not defending the new guidelines, but we’re not following the science
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THREAD | 10 Steps to Profitable TradingThe secret to winning big in the market is not to be right all the time but to lose the least amount of money
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