Another just-so article that works back from different outcomes to assign causality (and blame) to a policy response. But we know coronavirus was spreading in California by January, and it just didn't catch fire like it did in New York City. https://www.propublica.org/article/two-coasts-one-virus-how-new-york-suffered-nearly-10-times-the-number-of-deaths-as-california …
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The problem with these articles is not that they praise good policies, and politicians who acted quickly on limited data, but that they create the illusion of understanding where we don't have it. We don't know why New York was hit unusually hard, and why other places were spared
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On March 14, weeks into California's state of emergency, the governor of Oklahoma took a notorious selfie in a crowded restaurant. But the virus lacks the moralizing tendency of those who write about it. Oklahoma saw a rise in cases and then they flattened, like almost everywherepic.twitter.com/4rFvqLLRbx
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What... what are you talking about? https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-to-288-with-5237-positive-cases-statewide/32521487 …
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I'm talking about this curve being flatpic.twitter.com/M6KTVse9rI
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Yeah, ok, you're right. I was going to make a case about low test rates but the positive rate has fallen too.https://www.enidnews.com/news/covid19/osdh-reports-151-new-covid-19-cases-3-deaths-saturday-in-oklahoma/article_e558ef86-9795-11ea-b459-e70059594b0e.html …
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