Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Until recently, the US was only doing about 1/3 as much testing as at our previous peak in the winter. It's since increased a bit, but only to more like 1/2. You need to account for that when making inferences about death rates, hospitalization rates, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 9, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

I'm not as optimistic as this re: the US peak but still an Interesting thread. A year-and-a-half into this thing, and a lot of people still haven't figured out that you don't know much about COVID spread until you account for the amount of testing. — PolitiTweet.org

Take a look at the screenshot from the CDC. I've highlighted the 7DA cases and the 7DA positivity %. Now these numb… https://t.co/mXzEzAiwyb

Posted Aug. 9, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

A lot of experts seem to think the NYT's recent story on long COVID in children was irresponsible. — PolitiTweet.org

I support dramatic public health interventions in hard hit areas to slow Covid (and buy time to vaccinate everyone… https://t.co/OFmprsBKaa

Posted Aug. 9, 2021