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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So basically all three graphs that have now been shared are basically reporting the same thing.[/quote]

But if anytime we don’t like what the data says, we can just continue to make demands for further data and data visualization that may or may not exist which we hope will tell the story we want to see. I’m pretty sure that’s how one wins an argument. [/quote]

Given that all other countries and [b]huge swathes of this country[/b] have 5 day a week school uneventfully, it’s not really a fact based argument. But carry on. If we are dealing in actual facts, the most dangerous thing your child does is likely drive on a highway with you.[/quote]

Are we measuring by sq. mileage now? 
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^ and not that it should matter but I'm happy my kids are going back in a few weeks.

I just want to be clear that we don't have an accurate % breakdown of the number of kids in DL/hybrid/IP. Or at least not that I've seem so far. Please share if you've seen otherwise.

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What we do have is clear evidence that lockdowns & keeping kids out of school doesn’t matter in terms of population wide covid outcomes:  Fl (schools open) & CA (lockdown everything) have similar outcomes despite Florida’s much older population. But, shhhh, we can’t talk about this inconvenient fact because fl’s governor is, ewwwwww, a republican. [/quote]

Not sure we should be including FL in any type of data analysis...

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you're right, we wouldn't want to look at a successful real world example that totally bucks the panic narrative.

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I’m not panicking (my kids are starting in-person soon). Just pointing out that FL doesn’t have the best track record for testing or reporting data.

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It’s more than that— FL has cooked the numbers and persecuted the data scientist who exposed this.  (I’m sure there are smears against her that have been cooked up, but please save them and read the numerous real news articles about her in NYT WaPo LAT etc over the past few weeks.)

I hate to say this because I know it sounds harsh but it’s really important to be clear here:
DeSantis is a liar and that’s because the modern Republican Party is counter-factual — they depend on lying to their voters.
When the numbers in FL got bad they just started lying about that because that’s what Republicans do today.

It’s sadly just that simple.[/quote]

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