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Apr 9, 2020
12:59:38pm

Refugee Playmaker

Please don’t shoot the messenger. I have no skin in the game one way or another,

but the reports from all over are starting to corroborate what this gentleman is saying...

Meet the former NYT reporter who is challenging the coronavirus narrative

As daily life across America is upended by the coronavirus crisis -- with mass business closures plunging the economy into freefall -- one former New York Times reporter is sounding the alarm about what he believes are flawed models dictating the aggressive strategy.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ex-nyt-reporter-challenging-the-coronavirus-narrative

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Refugee

Previous username: SoutheastIdaCoug
Bio page: Refugee
Joined: Sep 6, 2016
Last login: Apr 25, 2024
Total posts: 7,086 (113 FO)

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Time

Please don’t shoot the messenger. I have no skin in the game one way or another,

Refugee

4/9/20 12:59pm

It's Fox News. Is anybody else giving this guy a whif? If not, there's your answ

BlooGeek

4/9/20 1:01pm

He looks pensive, concerned, and is well-dressed...I believe him.

4/9/20 1:02pm

None of you above have even had time to read it...yet you comment...

Refugee

4/9/20 1:03pm

it was posted earlier today

BlueFrog

4/9/20 1:04pm

Well I guess I’m a hack then...

Refugee

4/9/20 1:05pm

just a reason how some responded quickly

BlueFrog

4/9/20 1:07pm

Maybe...or they got Fox News triggered...

Refugee

4/9/20 1:08pm

Not for the group that responded so quickly

boogers

4/9/20 1:09pm

I just got done reading it. He probably has a valid point. Especially his data

BYUMizzou

4/9/20 1:06pm

Interesting so how many deaths have been avoided in OH

4/9/20 1:27pm

I posted this earlier, but I must be on ignore...also...this will get moved to

boogers

4/9/20 1:05pm

fn;dr (Fox News; didn’t read)

CallingDingo

4/9/20 1:08pm

I think other news sources are worse, but I still listen to keep as informed as

Refugee

4/9/20 1:12pm

You only access news from...?

Benfica1

4/9/20 1:54pm

So appeal to authority as a former NYT Reporter

coolcats

4/9/20 1:11pm

Nothing. I’ve never heard of him before. Empirical evidence seems to be

Refugee

4/9/20 1:14pm

List this "empirical evidence" that corroborates him. Tia.

4/9/20 1:25pm

For one, hospitals in most areas are far less occupied than expected...and that

Refugee

4/9/20 2:16pm

Great. Can you list the empirical studies on that by state?

4/9/20 3:22pm

And what then? If I was able to supply you with that it wouldn’t be empirical

Refugee

4/9/20 6:42pm

Empirical data is not anecdotal data. You're stating this guys claims are being

4/9/20 7:17pm

He says the UK model of 20k dead is wrong

4/9/20 1:19pm

Also no mention of Sweden, Finland and other neighbors

4/9/20 1:24pm

What is his alternate strategy? We could find one that was not "do nothing."

ReyOso

4/9/20 1:22pm

Doesn’t seem like he’s saying do nothing, just that the models are built

Refugee

4/9/20 1:35pm

The virus IS going to spread everywhere regardless of how aggressively we social

BYUMizzou

4/9/20 1:45pm

It's criminal how nobody understands this point. They just act like

Northwest Cougar

4/9/20 1:54pm

They lie to us because they don't trust our reactions.

ReyOso

4/9/20 2:00pm

Isn't it at least possible that another possible scenario is that we're dealing

BlooGeek

4/9/20 2:13pm

I agree with that. It doesn't necessarily contradict what I said.

ReyOso

4/9/20 2:26pm

The virus won't spread everywhere but it will for sure spread farther.

4/9/20 1:58pm

The key takeaway

ABCoug

4/9/20 1:54pm

The pandemic is a pressure cooker with an unknown capability to contain steam.

ReyOso

4/9/20 2:03pm

The reality of failure may lead us to even greater risks of failure if we don’t

Refugee

4/9/20 2:10pm

We're in dangerous waters any way you look at it.

ReyOso

4/9/20 2:26pm

That should be the discussion state by state depending on their

4/9/20 2:03pm

Not only state by state, but county by county, community by community.

Refugee

4/9/20 2:12pm

The other is the politicians (ie governors) have wrecked the economy and if they

BYU Grounds

4/9/20 2:30pm

I guess we know the real identity of CSoul now...

COCoug

4/9/20 2:26pm

He is a former NY Times writer, he also wrote some great fiction books in the...

BYU Grounds

4/9/20 2:28pm

I kind of get the same sense as this author. Although I haven't been studying

JmThms

4/9/20 3:29pm

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