Serious question: Why is there zero conversation in the USA about this???

Mar 24, 2020
7:30:10pm

Busiturtle Intervention Needed

We have governors making billion dollar decisions in ignorance. Why? Do they not have an obligation to collect data to determine when it is "safe" to relax restrictions?

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Busiturtle

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Serious question: Why is there zero conversation in the USA about this???

Busiturtle

3/24/20 7:30pm

Do you REALLY believe decisions are being made without data?

Eddie

3/24/20 7:34pm

If they had data, they would make it public. They would be able to explain

Busiturtle

3/24/20 7:38pm

Of course they are making decisions without reliable data.

byubyu

3/24/20 7:41pm

What governor is saying collecting data is a priority?

Busiturtle

3/24/20 7:44pm

Well, the Utah plan released today talks about phases being based on infection rates. Isn't that data?

BlueBlood

3/24/20 7:49pm

This I agree with. The data will become more accurate as testing increases.

Eddie

3/24/20 7:46pm

Yes. How else do you explain the rapidly moving target?

OPINIONS

3/24/20 7:44pm

Great questions

Busiturtle

3/24/20 7:46pm

I disagree.

Eddie

3/24/20 7:49pm

But they are clearly making their decisions off of incomplete and made up data.

byubyu

3/24/20 7:53pm

The data is getting better every single day.

Eddie

3/24/20 7:58pm

Even better - the original post actually says...

Eddie

3/24/20 8:02pm

Why wouldn't you change the policies based on new data?

Plato

3/24/20 7:51pm

Because we really don’t have new data until about 12-14 days after the lockdown.

OPINIONS

3/24/20 8:03pm

But we do have data coming in every day from other places that have

Plato

3/24/20 8:13pm

See my comment here

bythenumbers

3/24/20 8:48pm

Leadership is to communicate to the public what is known

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