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Why the models have been so wrong

by patriot1
April 16, 2020
in World
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Why the models have been so wrong

If you are following the news about the Covid-19 virus closely – and how could you not with the endless and repetitious coverage – you hear a lot about those epidemiological “models.”  In many ways, they seem more confusing than enlightening.  That is partially due to the fact that there are a lot of different ones out there.

Our nation’s premier medical advisors, Dr, Anthony Fauci, best explained modeling.  He said, “They will all be wrong, but some may be useful.”

As a current resident of Florida, Dr. Fauci’s statement remined me of all those hurricane models that we see on the news with each approaching hurricane.  At the front edge, the various models expressed as conical lines on the map –often described as spaghetti strings – are widely divergent.  They are not very predictive until the weather monster is close to shore.  We do not know if it will hit Florida – or the Carolinas or meander through the Gulf to hit Texas or Louisiana. No reason to put up the hurricane shutters until the storm is within a couple miles.  As Dr. Fauci suggests, they are always wrong.

A few seeks ago, the models varied widely – very widely.  One suggested that more than 2 million Americans would potentially die.  Others saw a death rate of less than 100,000.  Even though President Trump was been roundly – and unfairly – criticized for the hopeful optimism in January, he was actually saying the same thing as Dr. Fauci at the time.  Since that does not fit with the elitist media’s anti-Trump narrative, Dr. Fauci’s statements on videos are never seen on CNN or MSNBC.  It is all about controlling the narrative.

More recently, the number of prospective deaths has been reduced to approximately 80,000 and again later at 60,000 — based on the current models.

There are two reasons why the public was pushed to the edge of panic by the models.  In the first place, there were no past models to draw upon.  There were no piles of data upon which to base any sort of expectations.  In such a situation, the modeling will create unrealistic projections –  often the worst of the worst-case scenarios.

The second reason for excessive public anxiety is due to press coverage.  One of the evergreen characteristics of the news media is sensationalism.  Yep!  It is in the DNA of newsies to exaggerate.  That is how they get our attention.  They will seize on the worst projections.

This natural tendency to sensationalize is magnified by a huge political bias – compounded by a visceral hatred of President Trump, personally.  The anti-Trump spin has accelerated to the speed of one of those cartoon whirling dervishes.

That is why – as bad as the Covid-19 pandemic is – it is not nearly as bad as the press would have us believe.  Sixty-thousand lives to lose is a lot, but nothing near the 2 million figure that were used in fearmongering news reports.

Despite the efforts of the media to hype the stories for professional and political reasons, the odds of any one of us contracting the virus is relatively low.   If we do, there is an 80 percent chance that we will have a mild case – not needing medical intervention.  And if we do come down with a more serious case, the odds of surviving it are rather high.  Those statistics are not based on abstract speculative models, but on actual data.

It looks like the current situation will go on for at least a couple more weeks, but we can be happy that the actual statistics will not be anywhere the scary model-based and politically motivated projections.

So, there ‘tis.

patriot1

patriot1

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Comments 9

  1. JoeyP says:
    3 years ago

    It all sounds so POLITICAL . . . Meant to AID the Democrats and their Socialist’s agenda. Open the Economy, ALREADY – And cut the POLITICAL CRAP! Team Trump and his allies 2020.

    • Peter T. says:
      3 years ago

      Beyond a doubt!!!

    • Bo says:
      3 years ago

      Sure open everything and all of you Republicans go back to work. Sports events bars. Restaurant’s. Do everything trump tells you to do. And come November 3rd there will be a lot less republican voters

  2. Carol says:
    3 years ago

    The virus isn’t political. Wear a mask, isolate at home, and the final figures will be out when all this is over…and it won’t be over any time soon.

  3. Jayray says:
    3 years ago

    As a life long democrat am sickened by my parties activities during and before the pandemic. The news is nothing more than a group of elitists trying to destroy the long established code of conduct for journalism. Now my party has taken out the value of my vote by nominating a person who is distasteful to many democrats. I think it’s time to unit and work together on this common enemy Covid-19.

  4. Carol Sessomes says:
    3 years ago

    To Whom it May Concern,
    So- I too hate all and I mean ALL the political agendas that seem more important than health !!!! Please do not minimize the importance of good health . To suggest we are all safe from this virus while watching people on the frontline fighting this in hospitals, nursing homes , cops etc , and getting infected and dying with their patients wrong . Unfortunately greed for money is the root of all evil . I sincerely hope you and your followers do not have to experience any of these consequences . If you don’t think this is real – go ahead and visit a make shift hospital or better yet fly to a third world country and see how it’s going. Volunteer and help out while there !!!!

  5. AngelaM says:
    3 years ago

    The local news where I live will show about 10 minutes of President Trump speaking then they switch back to local news…saying if anything is important they will go back to the task force update. Which never happens!!! The media hypes up the worse case scenarios always adding they don’t want to scare anyone…yeah right!!!!
    Trump and the task force have done a great job!!! TRUMP/PENCE 2020

  6. Patricia Arnold says:
    3 years ago

    The Republicans will vote for him when he gets things opened back up. The democrats are easy to see through they thought they could keep this going until the election and beat Trump and open up the economy and get credit for it. Come on Trump we are counting on you and you have my vote.

  7. Vicki says:
    3 years ago

    Sweden never shut down, and they didn’t have a problem. They didn’t get their economy destroyed, either. That you are paranoid does not make you wrong. Follow the money, follow the power. Who is now LITERALLY CENSORING what does not support the “official” version?…

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