An example of how economic/cultural information is important.  (Dave’s remark.)
How much debt individuals of different socioeconomic levels can take on, how 
much debt the states and federal government will tolerate, perception of health 
risk in different communities, etc.  These things may ebb and flow as people 
are employed and unemployed.  Calibrating all that seems impossible.

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Subject: [FRIAM] Ah Hah! moment.

All,


Thanks in part to Glen, I now see why doubling rate is no longer a good measure 
of peril in a county or state.   A reason is that it is insensitive to 
resurgence.  They look like they are having a resurgence in Washington state. 
The recent curve of new cases is sharply upward.   But a doubling-time standard 
wont reflect the resurgence because even though the number of cases per day is 
increasing again, there are so many cases “in the bank” that it takes a long 
time to double them.  Thank you, Glen, ‘n everybody.

Nick

Nicholas Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
Clark University
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https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/


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