The Covid-19 Info thread (keep politics out please)

[Prediction? Pain.]

Blog for re-opening...

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archiv...-the-curve.php

I don't know jack about the stats the blogger's bandying about. But I do know this:

John Hinderaker, the blogger, is a career trial attorney who's run a political blog for 15 years or so. His analysis of the stats is that we did not and do not need to "flatten the curve."

On the other hand, Vanderbilt's Division of Infectious Diseases, the Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Physicians, the Tennessee Medical Association, the State of Tennessee's Medical Examiner, and hundreds of physicians across the State of Tennessee signed a petition begging our governor to issue a mandatory "shelter in place" order when he repeatedly refused to do so. They did this because their analysis led them to conclude that not doing so could be disastrous.

Until I gain the expertise necessary to conduct a meaningful analysis of our state's public health system and virology, I'm going to err on the side of listening to the analysis of the overwhelming majority of physicians in my state.

ETA: That wasn't meant to disparage independent analysis or you in particular, 7. It occurred to me after posted that it may have come off like that or as condescending. Sorry, dude. I didn't mean it like that. The unification of health officials and doctors from all practices and backgrounds from across Tennessee (and likely the country) is telling to me. And, full disclosure for context, if you're interested: My father's a recently retired physician boarded in internal medicine and occupational and environmental medicine. He's as die-hard a pro-business, anti-socialized medicine conservative as I've ever met in my life, and he always has been. He's not only firmly on board with all the other doctors in Tennessee, but he could preach a day-long sermon about the national public health system's response to the pandemic, which he views as one of the biggest failures of the federal government in his lifetime. Hearing him talk about this and reading the stuff that he sends me has no doubt colored how I'm viewing things, for better or worse.