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thps says...

The joke is on us.

On Rolle defends NIB's payment operations

Posted 12 August 2020, 6:49 p.m. Suggest removal

thps says...

Up until July GB had 8 cases.
Since then GB had 421 more cases.'

Is Dr comparing a sample of 421 vs. a sample of 8?

Maybe the '2nd wave' is simply more representative?

For you maths and stats nerds, even if we're looking at the full numbers, Is the initial sample of 100 vs the recent 800 a fair comparison?

thps says...

Why isn't NIB mandating depositing to bank accounts except in exceptional circumstances?

On Long lines of jobless queue for assistance

Posted 11 August 2020, 3:55 p.m. Suggest removal

thps says...

Has anyone located the 40% decline?

On 47 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Monday

Posted 10 August 2020, 9:15 p.m. Suggest removal

thps says...

and you did say quite a bit that this surge was a done deal as soon as they announced the travel rules.

Sadly, you were 100% correct.

On Tourism 'cannot' return amid surge

Posted 10 August 2020, 3:54 p.m. Suggest removal

thps says...

I meant "past 6 days".

thps says...

I'm just wondering where she got her 40% decline from.

thps says...

"She also said the number of new confirmed cases has declined by 40 percent this week compared to last week."

As of Friday, the week wasn't done. So was she comparing the past 5 days to the previous 7 days? I hope not!

Look at the 7 day numbers, week over week as of Friday Aug 7th

July 25th to the 31st
10
16
40
65
37
24
66

A total of 258 - new confirmed cases

August 1st to 7th
25
49
31
36
36
10
69

a total of 256 new cases

a decline of 2 cases or .08%. Which numbers are she using and did anyone question this?

thps says...

theory: the 23 were reported in Wednesday's number. the PHA then issued the statement on Thursday.

thps says...

So an auto-only store remains closed.

An auto and hardware store is allowed to open for both hardware, auto, and whatever else exists in their store.

Seems fair. AID will say, its hard to in some cases differentiate hardware from auto.