Wednesday, April 29, 2020

UW "Expert" Was Flat-Out Wrong on Vote-Virus

Nice to know which "expert" is a doofus.  But also see how the "news" paper manipulates the story to blame "conservatives."

...Three weeks after Wisconsin residents cast ballots, researchers see no spike in COVID-19 cases attributable to in-person voting, though they say the effect from the election may be hidden in the numbers and difficult, if not impossible, to ever detect....

...[Oguzhan] Alagoz [an expert in infectious disease modeling at the University of Wisconsin at Madison] and other public health experts predicted Wisconsin would see a surge in COVID -19 cases after the state Supreme Court overturned Gov. Tony Evers' last-minute order to halt in-person voting....
(Note that whatever happened here it's the "state Supreme Court" which caused it, not Tommy Choo-Choo's closing of 170++ voting locations or the same crapola from the rabidly partisan boy-Mayor of Green Bay.  Wouldn't want you deplorables to know the REAL story, would we?)

Anyhow, the "expert in infectious disease modeling at the University of Wisconsin at Madison" is back!!

...Starting around April 15 in Wisconsin, cellphone data show residents traveling from home more often, even though the state remained under a restrictive stay-at-home order. The same thing is happening in other states. The cell data, which tracks signals not individuals, show movement and gatherings.

It's unclear to experts what is behind the new movement and gatherings. It could be warming weather, increased discussion of government relaxing rules or simply "quarantine fatigue."

"I am actually worried about this," said Oguzhan Alagoz, ... who is using the cellphone data in his research. “It's not just mobility, but the question is how do I behave during that mobility. It makes a big difference. I hope people are being careful as they are moving...
If you're worried about it, hide under your bed.  You'll get your full pay, Mr. Alagoz.   Meantime, the "news" paper and the rest of the "news" (read:  propaganda) organizations will start thumping the NEVER GO OUT!!! YOU WILL DIE!!! drum, right on cue.

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