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| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: nctnico on April 13, 2020, 10:09:06 am ---What is happening right now is getting shops and factories modified so people can work and keep a distance at the same time. Together with rigorous testing and tracking apps that should be enough to control the outbreak while returning to a business as usual situation. --- End quote --- It is not "business as usual" for countless businesses if you can't fill movie theaters and restaurants and food courts etc as you did before. --- Quote ---But likely ther advice to work from home as much as possible is going to stand until next year. --- End quote --- Yep, very likely, and I suspect there will be many business that go "Gee, my business is still running with people working from home. So why am I renting all this office space?" Smart businesses will review the way they have employees work. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: bd139 on April 13, 2020, 10:18:28 am ---The thing that gets me is there isn't enough data to draw any conclusions yet. --- End quote --- One of the data problems is how deaths are reported. So many countries seemingly openly admitting that people are counted regardless of whether it actually caused their death or not. And accuracy here is important because it sets the zestiest in the public mind of how dangerous this is compared with others seasonal flu's. That then permeates through society and ultimately impacts government policy. |
| paulca:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 13, 2020, 10:41:09 am ---Yep, very likely, and I suspect there will be many business that go "Gee, my business is still running with people working from home. So why am I renting all this office space?" Smart businesses will review the way they have employees work. --- End quote --- Our CEO said much the same thing. Also a few of our big customers, particularly civil service and government had been saying, "You CAN'T possibly work from home or your own office, we want your staff here dammit!"... well they changed their tone quickly and all those barriers came crashing down. |
| paulca:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 13, 2020, 10:46:25 am ---And accuracy here is important because it sets the zestiest in the public mind of how dangerous this is compared with others seasonal flu's. That then permeates through society and ultimately impacts government policy. --- End quote --- The data is not fit for purpose if you want to answer those questions. The UK for example is still only testing those who get admitted to a ward and have to be tested so they know which ward. So the current death rate for covid-19 positives on the UK data is massive. Like 30%! Nobody, understandably, seems that bothered with tracking recoveries either. The UK has started to test medical staff finally. This has revealed a few shocks with 50% of one particular A&E (emergency room) staff testing positive. |
| bd139:
--- Quote from: nctnico on April 13, 2020, 10:31:42 am --- --- Quote from: bd139 on April 13, 2020, 10:18:28 am ---I don't know if it's a good idea or not. The thing that gets me is there isn't enough data to draw any conclusions yet. We don't have accurate health outcome statistics (it has turned into a political shit show) or accurate testing available. Now we get to the plateau of deaths and then the question is: now what? There is actually no way to prove causality between the lockdown and the outcome. --- End quote --- You are wrong here. There is lots of data and virologists use advanced models (which include virus mutation, seasonal influences, mortality, etc, etc) to create reasonably accurate best and worst case predictions of how an outbreak progresses. Just be patient. Lock down is only phase 1 which won't be in effect very long. --- End quote --- I suggest you look deeply into the models used here. Our modelling is actually based on one guy who uses a fully undocumented computer model and refuses to explain it to anyone because he's too busy. No shit. Go do some research. It's a proper shit show. |
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