1/6 There is a lot of media hyperventilating about Wisconsin because their hospitalizations are up.
The thing is, Wisconsin's recent rise merely puts them at the same level as neighboring "safe" states.
2/6 Well, maybe their ICU's are close to being overwhelmed?
Nope, the state doesn't appear to be near concerning levels.
3/6 But @GovEvers has said field hospitals will be opened next week, so there must be imminent danger, right?
Though possible, it's probably unlikely given how the "need" for field hospitals turned out in the past: apnews.com/article/virus-…
4/6 At this point, using government funds for field hospitals is more about political theatre than it is about actual need.
Wisconsin is nowhere near the capacity issues of states in April and even then field hospitals weren't needed: apnews.com/article/e593ba…
5/6 Call me cynical, but given the last 6 months I don't believe it is too crazy to think a Democratic governor in a swing state would use CV19 panic to assist his party.
Doesn't help appearances that his new executive order ends right after the election: wsaw.com/2020/10/06/gov…
6/6 Sadly, the situation in Wisconsin is politically toxic.
The state's health secretary is literally blaming actions in May for Wisconsin's case spike in the last few weeks... while ignoring k-12 and college testing: apnews.com/article/virus-…
It's going to be a crazy month
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2/5 By any metric Urbana is safe to reopen given their testing levels and low positive %/hospitalizations.
Also, they need to reopen:
“It troubles me that we’re backing off of in-person attendance when these truancy rates are way beyond what we’ve experienced in the past,”
3/5 Urbana's poverty rate is 16.4% higher than the state average; many families need in-person class
“I know we didn’t hear from very many of those families in our public statements, but I hear from them quite often — parents who are begging us to bring our kids back to school”
1/6 THE QUIET PROFESSIONALS
These are the researchers who often get lost in the noise of Twitter. Their important work at times runs counter to the accepted Covid-19 dogma and thus does not get amplified.
Read their work, share it with others, and seek out more.
2/6 @mgmgomes1
Gabriela found the potential herd immunity threshold for CV19 and could be much lower than predicted. Her research was rejected because it could impact public policy and influence a relaxation of strict CV19 lockdown mandates.
There is a crisis of loneliness/depression in our elderly population and it is caused by poorly thought out lockdown policies that value CV19 prevention over everything else.
2/7 Oct 1st: Elderly Hardest Hit By Covid-19 As Lockdown Loneliness Impacts Mental Health ewn.co.za/2020/10/01/eld…
3/7 Sep 9th: “People are really distressed, particularly the elderly,” said Bolden. “They have been cut off and they’ve been made to feel vulnerable when they didn’t feel vulnerable before.” theguardian.com/world/2020/sep…
People that haven’t followed the CV19 panic closely may wonder why so many are skeptical about the mainstream narrative that is parroted daily by many leaders and news outlets.
This thread provides 5 examples from just the past week:
2/7 GOVERNMENT
Starting at the top level, there is consistent misrepresentation and often outright deception as @andrewbostom points out in his response to Fauci v. Paul:
3/7 MEDIA
In the face of obvious mistakes that lead to poor decision making (as shown by @alexanderrusso), media organizations still continue to push a narrative of panic and fear:
Given the last 2 months have been a whirlwind of events surrounding college football and Covid-19, I decided to construct a super-sciencey (extra busy) graph to help explain what has happened.
2/5 I know what you’re saying, “Whoa OMB, that’s just TOO much science!!”
So here is a simpler graph that shows the most important trend:
3/5 You also probably noticed that “The Science” in the first chart seemed extremely variable; often changing from day to day.
That is because, unlike Research & Data, “The Science” is a term made up by politicians combing some of the things on which they primarily focus: