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> even more people would have died if we didn't take costly measures to stop it. The example of Sweden seems to disagree with this assumption. They never locked down, and the curre…

Wikipedia says 1,200 deaths so far in Sweden. Sure that might be ten times more than in Finland and Norway but given the dire predictions of two months ago, and even more dire pred…

> That's 0.03%, and it's not typical. Often, the number is much lower. 0.03% or 0.1% or 0.66%, the number is low enough to be perceived as not too dangerous by general populace. Co…

> I think again you are misunderstanding some severe things. No doubt that I am misunderstanding some things. A lot of things, more likely. Severe? That depends. If you look at the…

In mid-March we were told that we are "10 days behind Italy" and shelter-in-place is not to stop the spread (already too late for that), but to give hospitals a bit of a breather b…

Because it does not make sense to introduce delays to stiffle discussion. Throw-away accounts are used to say things one does not want associated with "main" account; in my case th…

This is what the current plan says. Once implemented, the implementation can always be tweaked. In fact it can be tweaked in the next deploy coming a minute after the first. Do you…

Not sure if it is folly for me to try and answer here (no idea if my reply is going to be visible). Thank you for trying to listen anyway. There is no need to look for malice when …

Isn't it amazing that an absolutely massive privacy invasion that is called contact tracing is already accepted as _inevitable_ if we are ever to be allowed to step out of our home…

You're not crazy. It was very clear from the way the situation was handled even a month ago that CA and NY governors are not wasting time with this good crisis, and are using it fo…