Monthly Archives: April 2020

Covid-19 4/30: Stuck in Limbo

Posted on April 30, 2020 by TheZvi

Epistemic Status: As with all my Covid-19 posts I’m not any kind of expert and am doubtless making a lot of mistakes. Yet it seems worthwhile to persist. In previous posts I’ve been focused my direct modeling on New York. … Continue reading →

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On “COVID-19 Superspreader Events in 28 Countries: Critical Patterns and Lessons”

Posted on April 29, 2020 by TheZvi

Analysis of / response to: COVID-19 Superspreader Events in 28 Countries: Critical Patterns and Lessons The article above, pointed out to me by many good sources, does one of the things we should be doing orders of magnitude more of … Continue reading →

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On New York’s Antibody Tests

Posted on April 25, 2020 by TheZvi

Previously: My Covid-19 Thinking: 4/23 pre-Cuomo Data which has links to other previous stuff at the top. We’re all working from the same information, mostly from Cuomo’s slides. Let’s reproduce them here, give the rest of the information, then go from … Continue reading →

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My Covid-19 Thinking: 4/23 pre-Cuomo Data

Posted on April 23, 2020 by TheZvi

Previous week: My Covid-19 Thinking: 4/17 Other previous foundational Covid-19 thoughts here: On R0, Taking Initial Viral Load Seriously, Seemingly Popular Covid-19 Model is Obvious Nonsense Spreadsheet I’m using to look at data is here, if you’d like to look. Epistemic Status: Usual warning … Continue reading →

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My Covid-19 Thinking: 4/17

Posted on April 17, 2020 by TheZvi

Epistemic Status: Even farther out of my supposed expertise than previous Covid-19 posts. A little over a week ago I started writing up my general thinking about Covid-19. I then ended up pulling out from that post first The One Mistake … Continue reading →

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Evaluating Predictions in Hindsight

Posted on April 16, 2020 by TheZvi

Epistemic Status: Confident I have useful things to say, but apologies for the long post because I don’t think it’s worth my time to make it shorter. Better to get thoughts down for those who want to read them. Scott … Continue reading →

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Linkpost: A Comprehensive Review of Ikoria, Lair of Behemoths

Posted on April 15, 2020 by TheZvi

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Seemingly Popular Covid-19 Model is Obvious Nonsense

Posted on April 11, 2020 by TheZvi

Previous Covid-19 thoughts: On R0, Taking Initial Viral Load Seriously Epistemic Status: Something Is Wrong On The Internet. Which should almost always be ignored even when you are an expert, and I am nothing of the kind. However, this was a necessary … Continue reading →

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The One Mistake Rule

Posted on April 10, 2020 by TheZvi

Epistemic Status: The Bed of Procrustes Related to (Said Achmiz at Less Wrong): The Real Rules Have No Exceptions If a model gives a definitely wrong answer anywhere, it is useless everywhere.  This principle is doubtless ancient, and has doubtless … Continue reading →

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On R0

Posted on April 7, 2020 by TheZvi

Epistemic Status: As with all of my Coronavirus posts, I am not any kind of expert. I am a person thinking out loud, who will doubtless make many mistakes. Treat accordingly. However, the concrete policy proposal contained herein seems right … Continue reading →

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