Epidemiologist on covid19

jollybear said:

he says the death counts are exaggerated and the shut down wasn't justified.

I agree. What do yall think?

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I completely and totally agree. The lock down did nothing because it was barely a lock down with everybody still going pretty much everywhere except the barber and sports. They said don't get covid and kill grandma yet Cuomo in New York wiped out many nursing homes because he forced covid patients into nursing homes and he wasn't the only one. They lied about all this from the beginning and haven't stopped, I use to not think anything about Government one way or another now I can't stand Government. Here is an article about the lock down hoax. (Note I never said the virus was a hoax nor do I believe it is a hoax, I do believe they over-hyped it and dealt in inappropriate content fear)

COVID-19 turning out to be huge hoax perpetrated by media

jollybear said:

he says the death counts are exaggerated and the shut down wasn't justified.

I agree. What do yall think?

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I wonder what the people of Brazil think about that.

"In the past 24 hours, Brazil, which now has the second-largest outbreak in the world behind the United States, registered 1,124 deaths from the virus and 26,928 additional cases."
Right now the funeral industry could be the best to be in.

Aussie Pete said:

I wonder what the people of Brazil think about that.

"In the past 24 hours, Brazil, which now has the second-largest outbreak in the world behind the United States, registered 1,124 deaths from the virus

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For context, about 4,000 people die in Brazil every day.

Radagast said:

For context, about 4,000 people die in Brazil every day.

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What’s another thousand a day gonna matter when it gets to that level? They ain’t American.

I've got a good friend in Brazil who I haven't heard from in a few months. I hope she's okay. From what she told me, the government is really bungling things. I can relate.

Why would any event be honest, as the god of this world and his kingdoms are fully at work.

d taylor said:

Why would any event be honest, as the god of this world and his kingdoms are fully at work.

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YHWH?

Tinker Grey said:

YHWH?

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No, if you are asking in my post that the god i was speaking of was The Messiah

charsan said:

I completely and totally agree. The lock down did nothing because it was barely a lock down with everybody still going pretty much everywhere except the barber and sports.

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That depends entirely on where you live. You can see here that large parts of the US did shut down hard, while other parts changed little.

He teaches university courses, wouldn't that make him a professor? I'm not trying to argue, just asking a genuine question. He is a physician and epidemiology researcher as well.
Dr Simon Thornley - The University of Auckland

Tinker Grey said:

YHWH?

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No, the god of this world is the devil:

1 John 5:19
We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

NerdGirl123 said:

He teaches university courses, wouldn't that make him a professor?

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He is a senior lecturer in UK terminology, which equates to full professor in US terminology.

He seems to teach courses in epidemiology.

As a New Zealander, he's probably speaking mostly to the New Zealand situation.

jollybear said:

he says the death counts are exaggerated and the shut down wasn't justified.

I agree. What do yall think?

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He is talking solely about New Zealand, where he lives.

NerdGirl123 said:

He teaches university courses, wouldn't that make him a professor? I'm not trying to argue, just asking a genuine question. He is a physician and epidemiology researcher as well.

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No. The US uses a different title system to the UK system that NZ and Australia also uses. In our system professor is the highest "rank" and restricted to those given "chairs" in their department.

NerdGirl123 said:

He teaches university courses, wouldn't that make him a professor? I'm not trying to argue, just asking a genuine question. He is a physician and epidemiology researcher as well.
Dr Simon Thornley - The University of Auckland

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No. Courses can be taught by quite a variety of people, including grad students. His title is Lecturer. I don’t know that institution, so I don’t know what the title means. He teaches epidemiology, but it’s not unusual for faculty to teach intro level courses outside their specialty. He certainly should know a reasonable amount about it though. His research papers do seem outside this area.

it’s not unusual to have people who disagree with the consensus. There was a very distinguished expert who didn’t think HIV caused AIDS, and held that for years. But you’re safest to believe the consensus. Most checks suggest that reported numbers are underestimates. The CDC says that even with Trumps censorship.

charsan said:

I completely and totally agree. The lock down did nothing because it was barely a lock down with everybody still going pretty much everywhere except the barber and sports. They said don't get covid and kill grandma yet Cuomo in New York wiped out many nursing homes because he forced covid patients into nursing homes and he wasn't the only one. They lied about all this from the beginning and haven't stopped, I use to not think anything about Government one way or another now I can't stand Government. Here is an article about the lock down hoax. (Note I never said the virus was a hoax nor do I believe it is a hoax, I do believe they over-hyped it and dealt in inappropriate content fear)

COVID-19 turning out to be huge hoax perpetrated by media

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That article doesn't help your case. It compares 3 months of covid19 to an entire year of flu as though that were equitable. One month after it was written, we've hit the 100,000 mark that the article claimed wouldn't be reached until August. Phht.

hedrick said:

His title is Lecturer.

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Senior Lecturer. That's generally the top of the UK/AU/NZ academic ladder, equivalent to full professor.

hedrick said:

I don’t know that institution

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The University of Auckland is the premier university in NZ.

Radagast said:

Senior Lecturer. That's generally the top of the UK/AU/NZ academic ladder, equivalent to full professor.

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It really isn't. We have both associate professor and full professor above senior lecturer.

Academic ranks (Australia and New Zealand) - Wikipedia

Tanj said:

It really isn't. We have both associate professor and full professor above senior lecturer.

Academic ranks (Australia and New Zealand) - Wikipedia

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Our "full professor" generally corresponds to the US "head of department."

We do have "Associate Professors" and "Readers," but most Australian academics finish their career as Senior Lecturer (although that's changing).

The University of Auckland, where Thornley works, doesn't seem to have many "Associate Professors." I'm confident in calling him the NZ equivalent of a US "Full Professor."

Radagast said:

Our "full professor" generally corresponds to the US "head of department."

We do have "Associate Professors" and "Readers," but most Australian academics finish their career as Senior Lecturer (although that's changing).

The University of Auckland, where Thornley works, doesn't seem to have many "Associate Professors." I'm confident in calling him the NZ equivalent of a US "Full Professor."

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At my wife’s university, Department Chair is kind of an almost meaningless title that confers little more than some administrative duties. Chairs are voted in by the faculty for 2-year terms and, IIRC, are limited to 2-3 consecutive terms.