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Ashleej86 t1_j5eafe4 wrote
Reply to comment by Golden_Mandala in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
Don't be
greatdrams23 t1_j5e8fdb wrote
Reply to comment by thunder-thumbs in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
Yes, it is odd that anti Vaxxers say they don't need the vaccine because they have an immune system, but don't realise their immune system only works AFTER the virus has entered the body.
derekkeller t1_j5e7iw5 wrote
Could it also partly be because swings are commonly damaged and need replacing?
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coffeesharkpie t1_j5e1g0z wrote
Reply to comment by unhappymedium2 in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
Well, you know it's a common notion in statistics that "All models are wrong, but some are useful". This means no model will ever capture reality as is, but we can make sure the model is good enough to be useful for the particular application. This is possible because we can actually quantify uncertainty about prior information, estimates and predictions (e.g. through credible or confidence intervals) and make sure models are as exact and as complex as needed.
Funnily, we can predict things quite well, especially when it comes to large numbers of people (individuals are the hard stuff). Like how social background influences educational levels for a population, how lifestyle will influence average health, how climate change may affect frequency of extreme weather, even what people may want to write on their smartphones is predicted with these kind of models.
Lolleka t1_j5e0rt1 wrote
Reply to comment by Obvious-Priority-791 in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
Ye, if these were calculations made with a model that had been tuned using an analogous dataset instead of a large number of assumptions and correlations, maybe we can give it way more credit. But this, this is wild speculation.
Lolleka t1_j5e0e4i wrote
Reply to comment by Terminarch in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
Can you link the study?
tyuiopassf t1_j5dwre0 wrote
Reply to [OC] Differences in monthly mean temperatures from 1950 to 2022 compared to reference period (1971 to 2000) in London by ppalasek
Heat generation variable= population increase + hvac
tyuiopassf t1_j5dtjni wrote
Reply to comment by hamonabone in [OC] Playground Equipment Inventory for the City of Pittsburgh by OfficialWireGrind
Comparative analysis with ER admissions & equipment type would be a good indicators of roi
insufferablyaverage t1_j5drm7v wrote
Without vaccines covid would have caused more deaths in 2021 then cancer + heart disease combined
DaRandomStoner t1_j5dqn50 wrote
Reply to comment by Terminarch in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
Ya... I know... it's pretty depressing tbh. Even if this study was peer reviewed I'd have to take it with a grain of salt. Getting pretty orwellian around here.
OfficialWireGrind OP t1_j5dq4hq wrote
Reply to comment by DiableLord in [OC] Playground Equipment Inventory for the City of Pittsburgh by OfficialWireGrind
Spinners: Think rotating monkey bars. In practice, the designs can vary quite a bit.
Whirls: Things like marry-go-rounds.
Stepping pods: The idea is similar to that of a balance beam, however, their design better resembles lily pads without the water.
Terminarch t1_j5dpftk wrote
Reply to comment by zyhhuhog in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
Reporting for duty!
Anyway, this reminds me of a study I reviewed recently. Literally it estimated lives saved from number of DEATHS, vaccination rate, and assumed vaccine effectiveness. When double the people died it gave credit for double lives saved. Fucking brilliant.
And if I'm remembering correctly it was cited on Google Scholar over 60 times in a year. What does that tell you about the quality of "science"?
Terminarch t1_j5do7x7 wrote
Reply to comment by DaRandomStoner in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
The review process is compromised.
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Reply to comment by kmap1221 in [OC] Playground Equipment Inventory for the City of Pittsburgh by OfficialWireGrind
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SoftPenguins t1_j5dnkn5 wrote
I estimate I am going to go back in time and marry Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner at the same time in 2001. My estimate has not been peer reviewed.
kmap1221 t1_j5dngfo wrote
I was conditioned to believe the parks were all full of blue slides
DCBoyz4life t1_j5dls9w wrote
Reply to comment by LoveTendies in US debt increases are independent of party in power by 00derek
Clinton did a lot to accomplish that like selling off emergency oil supply and huge cuts in military spending. Not saying right or wrong, just that he didn’t wave a wand to magically cut the deficit.
nutsbonkers t1_j5dk9q1 wrote
Reply to comment by unhappymedium2 in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
We can predict the future, with a degree of confidence. The statistical models used in this un peer reviewed paper have been peer reviewed. The math they used is sound because it's been peer reviewed and deemed appropriate and accurate enough. I'm sure it will be reviewed in the future, Vice or whoever just wants to get a jump on a good article.
DaRandomStoner t1_j5dj29h wrote
Reply to comment by PhysicsCentrism in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
Oh... ya you're technically right. They based the study on peer reviewed methodology I guess. I'm honestly not even sure what that means. Would be nice to see something peer reviewed though I don't take non peer reviewed studies seriously. 😕
ArchdevilTeemo t1_j5dijed wrote
Reply to comment by PhysicsCentrism in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
some informations are better than no informations. And it's also used to check what the current weather in different locations.
Also forcasts drop in accuracy very fast. the forecasts for tomorrow are very accurate, the forecasts for next week are very inaccurate.
PhysicsCentrism t1_j5dif2w wrote
Reply to comment by DaRandomStoner in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
Read a little further and then look at how I worded my comment
DiableLord t1_j5dhtbt wrote
Man I thought slides would be higher!? Also what are Spinners, Whirls and stepping pods?
DaRandomStoner t1_j5dhqj9 wrote
Reply to comment by PhysicsCentrism in How Covid-19 vaccines succeeded in saving a million US lives, in charts by ILikeNeurons
The article says the study wasn't peer reviewed...
JohnGB t1_j5eazk9 wrote
Reply to US debt increases are independent of party in power by 00derek
That's because the US only has one party with two different wardrobes designed to distract the voters from the real issues.