Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

The reason I think that some *vaccinated* people are in fact being irrational about COVID risk is stuff like this. It's inconsistent with how I imagine they'd handle other risks of a similar or indeed larger magnitude, e.g. riding in a car. https://t.co/asY1CrH3Y7 — PolitiTweet.org

@agraybee @NateSilver538 Back of the envelope with conservative assumptions, your per hour risk of killing somebody… https://t.co/R1IZY1Hi1E

Posted April 18, 2021

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@mattyglesias It was arguably a consequential mistake, too, since there were a lot of triage-type decisions (e.g. sending patients back to nursing homes) made on an assumption that hospitals would be completely and utterly overwhelmed. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 18, 2021

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FWIW, the below was intended more as a critique of experts than individuals. Low-probability risks are hard for our brains to compute, period. And after a year+ of having our brains rewired by (often legitimately very scary) COVID risks, it's even harder now. — PolitiTweet.org

The reason I think that some *vaccinated* people are in fact being irrational about COVID risk is stuff like this.… https://t.co/RXlBtgn8VY

Posted April 19, 2021