Good dogged reporting here from the local Iowa press, but also note....

If you need a pseudo-science checklist to tell you to throw maximal effort at blunting a lethal global pandemic, then you& #39;re inherently unfit for whatever government job you hold. https://twitter.com/bcrodriguez/status/1245751831915122690">https://twitter.com/bcrodrigu...

As to specifics of the criteria included in the governor& #39;s checklist, note also that it is not the data that matters, but the thresholds and points assigned, which are clearly arbitrary.

Did someone & #39;think& #39; about those numbers?

Sure - but they weren& #39;t determined by science.

Were I a cynical type, I might even point out that this seems more like a public-relations/damage-control checklist, wherein high-visibility targets like care centers warrant more points because they will generate more press, while scattered anonymous deaths would go unnoticed.

Someone slip the Iowa governor& #39;s 12-point checklist to @NateSilver538 and the number nuts @FiveThirtyEight. https://twitter.com/LauraRBelin/status/1245759048093442048">https://twitter.com/LauraRBel...