[brlewis]

I did not get the chance to see the video before it was taken down, but I got the content of their arguments here: http://www.tathasta.com/2020/04/watch-er-doctors-urge-reopen...

They use the same logic for Kern County, California, and New York. Their logic is, that if you test N people and find M positive cases, that in the population at large you'll have an infection rate of M/N. This would be true if the N tests were performed on random members of the population. But because the tests are only performed when there's reason to suspect infection, M/N is a higher infection rate than in the population at large. Their inflated number for total infected persons makes the death rate appear smaller.

[TechBro8615]

FYI the full video is available at the website of the news station that uploaded it to YouTube (where it was removed):

https://www.turnto23.com/news/coronavirus/video-interview-wi...

[brlewis]

Thanks. 51 minutes is too long for me to watch. Anybody who knows of anything in there that addresses the sampling bias issue, please point me to how far in it is.

[runawaybottle]

> I did not get the chance to see the video before it was taken down

I suppose that’s the real problem, in so many words...

[shkkmo]

I did watch the video and the critique by brlewis is perfectly accurate.

[xeromal]

But why should we believe you? Why can't we watch and make our own judgements?

[runawaybottle]

Because, I’m Youtube, why would I ever lie to you. I have your best interest in mind, and trust me, this shits gonna get us all killed if we watch this.

[shkkmo]

> But why should we believe you?

Because you have a basic understanding of statistics.

> Why can't we watch and make our own judgements?

You can. The video is available in many places.