Comments by "N Marbletoe" (@nmarbletoe8210) on "Viral exposure guidelines, US and UK" video.

  1.  @greydoe  I think people are very smart, but the news is 95% hype and we have no national strategy, or even a national monitoring program. The net result for the population is a deluge of distraction and a starvation of scientific analysis. Anyone who is adding and subtracting successfully is doing better than the media, the president, or my governor.
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  2. get out and walk in the sun. walking is as important as vitamins
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  3. Breaking News: random sampling is the only way to estimate virus prevalence, but is not being conducted in the USA. . People have no reliable information on risk. Thus, behavior depends on individual assessment.
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  4. 9-11 is an example of fear gone all out of proportion to the threat. Like Covid? . Also an example of extreme lack of data provided to the public about said threat. Like Covid! . Also an example of incredible incompetence before and after. Just like this virus. .
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  5. I am also so sick of "cases" that I refuse to watch this and most videos. . Random sample surveys are the only valid way to estimate prevalence. It's time the western world took a look at the concept of statistical inference.
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  6. Agree, serious, novel, and not the flu. . Is there a way to deal with it without destroying the bases for human society? .
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  7.  JohanMDK  Facts would be welcome. Such as, what is the prevalence in the US today? . We don't know because we aren't doing proper sampling. . Facts would be nice.
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  8.  JohanMDK  I watch every day, but I skip discussion of "confirmed case" numbers and focus on valid estimates. . As Django Reinhardt would say, "It don't mean a thing if it aint got that swing."
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  9. people are wearing masks . Democratic states are doing as poorly as Republican ones . The White House has no plan. Biden might and he would surely appoint some better people, one can hope. . Don't blame people when they have zero scientific information on prevalence of the risk in their area. Blame the leaders, as you do.
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  10. we don't know that. could be. . only random sampling can tell us
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  11.  @edc1569  but they can tell everyone "stay inside" instead of thinking of an accurate slogan
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  12. Yes. Thus, there are only two ways to estimate prevalence: test everyone, or do a random sample. . Random sample studies are cheap and easy. We need to demand that our states and countries do them regularly.
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  13. It is mandatory in grocery stores in NM. . actually not gloves, but I do often wear them. remember glasses or safety glasses also
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  14. What info do the people have to bases their decisions? Haphazard guesses by officials and enhanced ignorance by the nightly news. . There is no monitoring program for the virus in the USA. . We are smarter than the sum of our parts.
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  15. Need a better term than "ventilating" which sounds like a machine with tubes in the lungs. . How about "aerating"
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  16.  NEAR TERM EXTINCTION - HUMAN  yes, marketing is what we need, tons and tons of it! . Also we need monitoring and a plan. But those are minor details.
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  17. That is an excellent question.
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  18. Did they do a random sample study? .
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  19. They could make a lot more $ with a functional economy. . On the other hand... the stupidity of our leaders (both parties) is beyond belief, so maybe they do want this and are dumbing down the response.
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