Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

I've seen "herd immunity" used in different ways by different folks. I'm trying to communicate the idea that the more people are immune, the slower the disease will spread, other things held equal. I'll avoid "herd immunity" going forward if something different is coming across. — PolitiTweet.org

This is dangerously inaccurate. There is no such thing as "partial herd immunity" with 20% immune. Herd immunity wi… https://t.co/ljGxnefPO9

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

BTW, Trump has figured this out! By focusing on case counts, the media creates disincentives to do more testing because it makes the numbers look superficially worse. One reason (not the only one) why we're not pushing for testing as much as we should. https://t.co/lDxP8CMueL — PolitiTweet.org

A la the cruise ship >> “He essentially made the same calculation on Wednesday by saying that more testing only re… https://t.co/2y9…

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I do kind of worry that failure to account for this property may also create confusion. If 20% of people in NYC are immune, or 30% in Stockholm, that has a material effect on why the numbers look different in those places than others (e.g. Wash. DC) where immunity might be <5%. — PolitiTweet.org

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