South African Covid-19 News and Discussions 3

[surface]

Well you're the one saying just the 'flu' and talking about massive conspiracies. The post you're responding to makes neither of those claims.


True, some people are still blind to the near constant fearmongering way this pandemic has been presented.

well, free 5G is actually good to have. You won't know unless you try it.

 

[Flippy]

Has anyone received something like this supposedly from labour.gov.za ?

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Yes , UIF sent the email with the link.

 

[noxibox]

Here is a linear graph of the whole country probably using the same data.
Linear shows the reality a bit more clearly.
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Log is better for showing the rate of growth. Much easier to see if that is changing. Linear is misleading.

 

[daveza]

Yes , UIF sent the email with the link.

So you believe it's legit - I haven't heard anything about planning for vaccines at the workplace ?

 

[Sinbad]

Log is better for showing the rate of growth. Much easier to see if that is changing. Linear is misleading.

No, linear is more intuitive.
Log graphs are for making exponential growth look like a straight line.

 

[Mercury12]

Well you're the one saying just the 'flu' and talking about massive conspiracies. The post you're responding to makes neither of those claims.


True, some people are still blind to the near constant fearmongering way this pandemic has been presented.

You did not understand my post. See below and read it again.

sarcasm
/ˈsɑːkaz(ə)m/
noun
the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.

 

[noxibox]

well, free 5G

That's what they want you to think.

 

[noxibox]

Log graphs are for making exponential growth look like a straight line.

Exactly why they're better and more useful for seeing changes in the rate of growth. Rather than totally misleading linear numbers.

You did not understand my post. See below and read it again.

sarcasm
/ˈsɑːkaz(ə)m/
noun
the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.

Right back at you.

 

[Geoff.D]

Log is better for showing the rate of growth. Much easier to see if that is changing. Linear is misleading.

Yes! And who understands the concept of log properly besides engineers and scientists? I have started to wonder about statisticians given their incredibly poor record relating to this epidemic.

 

[pinball wizard]

 

[MiW]

Here is a linear graph of the whole country probably using the same data.
Linear shows the reality a bit more clearly.
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Here is the excess death per province, see if you can connect the dots for the current spike in some areas.

 

[flytek]

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Here is the excess death per province, see if you can connect the dots for the current spike in some areas.
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I did exactly that a few posts back. I can see there is an increase in cases and I can also understand how that will lead to more deaths. However I maintain that these increases in cases will probably not last long and the deaths they do lead to will be far less than even the first wave. I believe this is due to the fact that the larger and denser population centres appear to be over 50% seroprevelance and that until a more infectious strain appears we are actually largly protected by having been through our second wave with barely any lockdown measures.

 

[Lupus]

Here is the excess death per province, see if you can connect the dots for the current spike in some areas.
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Estimates again based on an algorithm

 

[MiW]

Not what I am pointing out. GP has the least immunity with 169 deaths per hundred thousand , EC has 515.
And obviously GP is with higher population and higher density. Hypothetically another 50 000 deaths can happen in GP if its to equal the EC rates.

 

[Polymathic]

Here's a sobering thought: it took South Africa 3 months to vaccinate 1% of the population.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

 

[Mortymoose]

Just place vaccination stations at the bottle stores!

 

[now05ster]

Here is the excess death per province, see if you can connect the dots for the current spike in some areas.
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Well done Eastern Cape, you absolute legend.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Johann Rupert's Covid-19 fund to loan R100m to SA restaurants | Business

The fund formed to distribute money donated by the Rupert Family and Remgro in 2020 will loan R100 million to struggling restaurants.

www.news24.com

Daar sy Meneer.

 

[surface]

Brazil, Italy, US says hi. Got it, its just a flu and there is a massive conspiracy where many scientists, governments journalists all over the world are working together to exaggerate what has happened over the last year. Amazing achievement by all those involved.

I would just leave it. You can't fix this one.