1700 on Monday, 3400 on Wednesday or Thursday, 7-8000 by next weekend. True number by then 70-80,000 possibly. Primary school maths. Someone should go figure. No magic fairy will bring that down. 14-20 days behind Italy. Believe in maths not magic.https://twitter.com/jason_om/status/1240980716973748224 …
What a load of nonsense accusations. COVID19 is a public health crisis and extremely important to combat. This doesn't make random predictions any less suspect
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So are these "random predictions" overemphasising the risks or underplaying it in your opinion? Just to be clear here.
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They are wrong, and mostly vastly overplay the number of cases we will likely see in the near future. We will obviously see large numbers, but nowhere in the world has the exponential curve just gone on unchecked
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not exact figures for scientists but estimates for the public. If you're interested in public communication there are experts who would be happy to inform you