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The sheer volume of reporters/newspapers/tv stations that have unquestioningly accepted the results of the #SturgisRally study is... well... disappointing
There are some assumptions in it that could very well be flawed. ($46K per case for example)
I looked at CO data...
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There are some assumptions in it that could very well be flawed. ($46K per case for example)
I looked at CO data...
(more)
Study specifically references Jefferson, Weld, and Adams counties where 1.) lots of residents went to Sturgis and 2.)saw a notable increase in COVID cases.
So, I looked at each county& #39;s data...
Adams, for example, experienced NO marked increase.
https://www.tchd.org/823/Case-Updates">https://www.tchd.org/823/Case-...
So, I looked at each county& #39;s data...
Adams, for example, experienced NO marked increase.
https://www.tchd.org/823/Case-Updates">https://www.tchd.org/823/Case-...
Jefferson County did see a small bump,... but it didn& #39;t sustain itself
https://www.jeffco.us/4007/COVID-19-Case-Summary">https://www.jeffco.us/4007/COVI...
https://www.jeffco.us/4007/COVID-19-Case-Summary">https://www.jeffco.us/4007/COVI...
Weld County...
little to no bump
https://www.weldgov.com/departments/health_and_environment/2019_novel_coronavirus/covid19_data">https://www.weldgov.com/departmen...
little to no bump
https://www.weldgov.com/departments/health_and_environment/2019_novel_coronavirus/covid19_data">https://www.weldgov.com/departmen...
To be clear, I& #39;m not saying the study is wrong...
But I am guessing most reporters reporting on this have yet to even read the study
Here it is if you want to read it:
http://ftp.iza.org/dp13670.pdf ">https://ftp.iza.org/dp13670.p...
But I am guessing most reporters reporting on this have yet to even read the study
Here it is if you want to read it:
http://ftp.iza.org/dp13670.pdf ">https://ftp.iza.org/dp13670.p...
The study suggests Sturgis was a superspreader event that could be tied to a quarter of a million cases
With a cost of $12.2 BILLION to the health care system
Yet in the three Colorado counties that saw a high number of people go... the Colorado data shows no sustained growth
With a cost of $12.2 BILLION to the health care system
Yet in the three Colorado counties that saw a high number of people go... the Colorado data shows no sustained growth
Could that change?
Sure
Was it responsible for thousands of people to crowd together in a SD town in the middle of a pandemic?
You can decide for yourself
BUT
for reporters to take the non-peer reviewed study w/o question for cheap clicks...
WELL.
That& #39;s not great
Sure
Was it responsible for thousands of people to crowd together in a SD town in the middle of a pandemic?
You can decide for yourself
BUT
for reporters to take the non-peer reviewed study w/o question for cheap clicks...
WELL.
That& #39;s not great
And THIS IS PRECISELY WHY OUR NAYSAYERS CRITICIZE US
By sharing the negative "sky is falling" stories w/o questioning it... and simultaneously showing skepticism of stories that suggest maybe it& #39;s not
we become unwitting cheerleaders in a story with huge policy implications.
By sharing the negative "sky is falling" stories w/o questioning it... and simultaneously showing skepticism of stories that suggest maybe it& #39;s not
we become unwitting cheerleaders in a story with huge policy implications.
