From Sara Hoyt: I think part of this is a hold over in people about 10 years older than I who thought of computers as “smart.” These are people who can barely navigate email or social media, and for whom computers are somehow, mysteriously, infallible. If someone can’t get Garbage In Garbage Out across to them, then we’ll just have to hit them with metaphorical two by fours when they go off half-cocked on some models. Because otherwise they will destroy us.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE STATES AND HOSPITALS INCENTIVE FOR FUDGING THE NUMBERS BY HAVING THE FEDS PAY FOR WINNIE THE FLU CASES:  Literally no one has any idea how many people COVID-19 has killed.

and … NYC Officials Now Counting Deaths of Those Who ‘Never Tested Positive’ in Coronavirus Totals.

Here’s How Much Downstate New York Is Skewing the United States’ Coronavirus Numbers. TLDNR: If NYC was treated as a separate country it would lead the world in per capita Rona cases and Rona deaths. And the balance of the US would drop out of the top 10!

Also … If Half the Country’s COVID Deaths Were in Montana, Would New York Shut Down?