Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

@WesPegden My guess in these cases is they don't literally believe the projections (e.g. they wouldn't stake money on them) but they think they're telling a noble lie and they don't have much to lose since they can always say "it was just a scenario and thankfully people were more careful". — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 4, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

The news here is mixed. That forecast shows about now is when you'd expect the decline to turn into more of a plateau. On the other hand, it doesn't show a spike. But! This model assumed that we were issuing 1 million vaccine doses a day, and now we're up to roughly twice that. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 4, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

@WesPegden The problem is that this has been going on for a year now and even sympathetic elected officials (e.g. mayors and governors in blue states) seem to have realized that they have to discount whatever advice they're being given by X%. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 4, 2021