Every day I wonder more if those apps that fool your phone into thinking its somewhere else would work to screw with the models. They were popular for pokemon go and the like. Here might be a practical use.
I haven’t had a chance to read the actual report yet, but I can already tell from the excerpts that there are several flaws with this “study.” First, it’s primary data source comes from cellphone data about where people go. There’s no reliable way that I can tell that the author of the study can determine which trips are essential and which ones are not, short of actually interviewing the people whose data he surveyed, or, not as good, having them fill out a survey about their trips. The only reliable thing he can do is look at the number of miles traveled. Miles traveled will absolutely be higher in areas that voted Trump because they tend to be rural. No supermarkets, autoparts stores, etc. for miles around; it’s what the leftists would call a “food desert” in a big city, but since it’s in a rural area, it’s not a priority for them. In a big city/built up suburb, instead of going to your favorite store that is on the other side of town, you might just go to the one that is in your neighborhood, giving the appearance that you’ve socially distanced better, when I’m fact, you’ve really just traveled fewer miles. Second, I think that social distancing works better, is more effective and necessary in some places more than others. It’s more necessary in a large urban area, where residents come into physical contact with hundreds of people every day, compared to in rural areas, where you might only come into contact with maybe one other household in a day. In a place like Alaska, you don’t really have to socially distance yourself the way you would in NYC. So this study is not so much about spreading the Chinese Virus as it is about whether or not people are willing to isolate themselves at the behest of the government. It’s not that Trump voters are out spreading the virus, the worst outbreaks in the country are in deep-blue areas at this point, the counties surrounding NYC, and Southeast FL, all of which are very strong Democrat areas. If rural areas were the epicenter of the virus, you’d probably see more social distancing there as residents attempt to stop its spread, but the virus, which did originate in China, in spite of everything the Chicoms say, and came to urban areas that are connected to China first. The study can’t prove that Trump voters are COVID spreaders. All it can do is argue that they are less likely to change their traveling patterns, which is less important for them to do anyway, because they come mostly from rural areas with a low population density. Yet, this discovery is being used by a propagandistic leftist rag like Vox to make it seem like Trump supporters are a bunch of ignorant Typhoid Marys. That doesn’t surprise me, but I am surprised that a so-called sociologist from Princeton would willingly conduct a study like this. The study required a massive invasion of privacy of living human subjects; I can’t imagine a scenario where a responsible IRB would sign off on this “study.” I agree with the other posters, if your data was used in this study, without your informed consent, you should consider signing on to a class-action lawsuit against Vox and the author of the study, if possible. The study seems to be skewed for propagandistic purposes, and would have required massive breeches of subjects’ privacy in its conduction. TLDR: “Study” seems flawed and ideologically-motivated, and was a massive invasion of privacy. All who were surveyed should take legal action against the study’s sponsors and researchers.
Every day I wonder more if those apps that fool your phone into thinking its somewhere else would work to screw with the models. They were popular for pokemon go and the like. Here might be a practical use.
That's because we are full tilt that this is a planned bioweapon planted to destroy our economy and remove our president.
I haven’t had a chance to read the actual report yet, but I can already tell from the excerpts that there are several flaws with this “study.” First, it’s primary data source comes from cellphone data about where people go. There’s no reliable way that I can tell that the author of the study can determine which trips are essential and which ones are not, short of actually interviewing the people whose data he surveyed, or, not as good, having them fill out a survey about their trips. The only reliable thing he can do is look at the number of miles traveled. Miles traveled will absolutely be higher in areas that voted Trump because they tend to be rural. No supermarkets, autoparts stores, etc. for miles around; it’s what the leftists would call a “food desert” in a big city, but since it’s in a rural area, it’s not a priority for them. In a big city/built up suburb, instead of going to your favorite store that is on the other side of town, you might just go to the one that is in your neighborhood, giving the appearance that you’ve socially distanced better, when I’m fact, you’ve really just traveled fewer miles. Second, I think that social distancing works better, is more effective and necessary in some places more than others. It’s more necessary in a large urban area, where residents come into physical contact with hundreds of people every day, compared to in rural areas, where you might only come into contact with maybe one other household in a day. In a place like Alaska, you don’t really have to socially distance yourself the way you would in NYC. So this study is not so much about spreading the Chinese Virus as it is about whether or not people are willing to isolate themselves at the behest of the government. It’s not that Trump voters are out spreading the virus, the worst outbreaks in the country are in deep-blue areas at this point, the counties surrounding NYC, and Southeast FL, all of which are very strong Democrat areas. If rural areas were the epicenter of the virus, you’d probably see more social distancing there as residents attempt to stop its spread, but the virus, which did originate in China, in spite of everything the Chicoms say, and came to urban areas that are connected to China first. The study can’t prove that Trump voters are COVID spreaders. All it can do is argue that they are less likely to change their traveling patterns, which is less important for them to do anyway, because they come mostly from rural areas with a low population density. Yet, this discovery is being used by a propagandistic leftist rag like Vox to make it seem like Trump supporters are a bunch of ignorant Typhoid Marys. That doesn’t surprise me, but I am surprised that a so-called sociologist from Princeton would willingly conduct a study like this. The study required a massive invasion of privacy of living human subjects; I can’t imagine a scenario where a responsible IRB would sign off on this “study.” I agree with the other posters, if your data was used in this study, without your informed consent, you should consider signing on to a class-action lawsuit against Vox and the author of the study, if possible. The study seems to be skewed for propagandistic purposes, and would have required massive breeches of subjects’ privacy in its conduction. TLDR: “Study” seems flawed and ideologically-motivated, and was a massive invasion of privacy. All who were surveyed should take legal action against the study’s sponsors and researchers.
I took my dog to the park for a walk every day before lockdown. Now I take him to two parks every day. I’m helping Ohio fail
As soon as it says fox, it says biased bullshit to me.
You mean "vox". Oh, wait. It could work either way now. Never mind.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8210407/Trump-voters-likely-practice-social-distancing-pandemic-sociologist-claims.html