#AI ChatGPT – OpenAI: If the mortality rate of a virus depends a lot of age, could transmitting data on total deaths without discriminating it by age be considered misinformation?

I asked OpenAI:

"Suppose a virus hits a nation, and to its authorities its evident that its mortality rate depends the most on age. In such a case, transmitting data to the population about the total number of deaths without discriminating this by age, could that be deemed to be misinformation?"

OpenAI answered:

"In the scenario you described, if the authorities have clear evidence that the mortality rate of the virus is significantly influenced by age, transmitting data about the total number of deaths without providing any information or context about age distribution could be considered incomplete or potentially misleading information.

In situations where age is a crucial factor in determining the impact of a virus, it is important to provide data that accurately reflects the different age groups affected and their corresponding mortality rates. Failing to provide this context could lead to misunderstandings or misinterpretations among the population.

To ensure effective communication and understanding, it would be advisable for authorities to provide data that includes age-specific mortality rates, along with comprehensive information about preventive measures, risk factors, and any other relevant details. This approach would allow individuals to better assess their own risk and take appropriate actions to protect themselves and others."

Why did I ask for the support of ChatGPT – OpenAI?

In March 2020 I tweeted:

“In February, I visited Churchill War Rooms in London Reading UK’s plans of building up herd immunity against coronavirus, I have a feeling Winston would have agreed with such stiff upper lip policy: “I have nothing to offer but fever, coughing, chills and shortness of breath”

https://twitter.com/PerKurowski/status/1241749198971850758?s=20

In July 2020, I tweeted:

“Sweden kept all schools until 9thgrade open. Parents of children in 9th grade are almost always less than 50 years of age. In Sweden, as of July 24, out of 5,687 Coronavirus deaths 71, 1.2%, were younger than 50 years.

Conclusion: Keep schools open, keep older teachers at home and have grandparents refrain from hugging their grandchildren. Disseminating data on COVID-19 without discriminating by age, is in essence misinformation.”

https://twitter.com/PerKurowski/status/1287748338440314881?s=20

October 2020 the Washington Post published a letter in which I opined:

“Roughly 90% of all coronavirus deaths will occur in those 60 years of age and older. 

Equally roughly 90% of the virus’s social and economic consequences will be paid by those younger than 60. It’s an intergenerational conflict of monstrous proportions."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/would-pursuing-herd-immunity-be-worth-it/2020/10/20/05a4f250-0fd0-11eb-b404-8d1e675ec701_story.html

March 2021 I tweeted:

“Georges Clemenceau’s “War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men” could be updated to: A Covid-19 response ‘is too serious a matter to entrust’ to epidemiologist”

https://twitter.com/PerKurowski/status/1373976328001687552?s=20

Van Morrison against lockdowns

If citizens were receiving timely data on Covid-19 cases/ hospitalizations / deaths or other serious consequences; discriminated by age/ gender/ race/ location/ occupation/ other important factors, they could help out with their own informed decisions… 

And if they saw that, e.g. in USA of all Covid-19 deaths 97% were 45 years and older, but that the huge economic/ social/ mental health costs derived from top-down responses will be paid 97% by those under 45 years, then they would understand better what’s going on:

Namely Covid-19 being exploited to the tilt, by e.g. media selling bad news, polarization politicians profiteering, narcissist experts enjoying the ride and, of course, naturally, businesses supplying anti-pandemic armors.

And so, a whole new generation of fans, plus many of us his older fans, will join the chorus exclaiming “Hear, hear Van the Man”

PS. Schools in Sweden

All we are saying is give “herd immunity” a chance

A letter published by the Washington Post:

Regarding Tom Frieden’s Oct. 19 op-ed, “Pursuing ‘herd immunity’ is the reckless, dead-wrong solution”:

Roughly 90 percent of all novel coronavirus deaths will occur in those 60 years of age and older. Equally roughly 90 percent of the virus’s social and economic consequences will be paid by those younger than 60. That presents us with an intergenerational conflict of monstrous proportions.

In this respect, and though of course I do not propose a reckless “pursuit” of “herd immunity,” especially by we elders, I hold that if there’s a small chance there could be such a thing out there, and if effective and abundant vaccines are not guaranteed to appear in a very short term, we have no right to stand in the way of it finding us. Doing so would be, and I feel it already is, a shameful violation of that holy intergenerational social contract Edmund Burke spoke about.

PS. If John Lennon had still been alive, he would have been 80, and I’m sure he would agree with the title of this post

PS. July 27, 2020, I had tweeted: “Sweden kept all schools until 9th grade open. Parents of children in 9th grade are almost always less than 50 years of age. In Sweden, as of July 24, out of 5,687 Coronavirus deaths 71, 1.2%, were younger than 50 years.

Conclusion: Keep schools open, keep older teachers at home and have grandparents refrain from hugging their grandchildren. Disseminating data on COVID-19 without discriminating by age, is in essence misinformation.”

PS. March 22, 2021 I tweeted: Georges Clemenceau’s “War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men” could be updated to: “A Covid-19 response ‘is too serious a matter to entrust’ to epidemiologists”

PS. Let us not forget that while searching for herd immunity, some might also be fighting the herd-docility some few want to impose on all of us.

PS. The Supreme Court, the Legislative, the Executive, top military & other prominent Americans, during the State of the Union, wore no masks. In the supermarket, days after, over 90% there, me included, wore masks. Seems Herd Docility is stronger than Herd Immunity :-(

            Winston Churchill on herd immunity? 

On schools in Covid-19 times

Financial and other escape valve in times of Covid-19

Researchers found that the death rate among more than 5,000 Covid-19 patients in the system’s three hospitals, dropped from 25.6 percent in March to 7.6 percent in August.

PS. ChatGPT: Is informing about the mortality rate of a virus without discriminating it by age misinformation?

CNN, really?

As of October 10, 2020, with John Hopkins University as source of considering total populations, from the data reported by CNN reported that if we consider respective total populations, the USA suffers 5.9 times more Coronavirus cases than the rest of the world; and 5.7 times more deaths.

As of November 14, 2020, now with WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC, DXY as sources those same figures indicate USA suffers 4.8 times more Coronavirus cases than the rest of the world; and 4.3 times more deaths.

"facts first"? And on December 6, adjusted for population CNN indicates data that Covid-19 causes 6.7 times more cases and 5.7 times more deaths in U.S than in the rest of the world. Really?

Are the previous and current figures really believable? 

Does no one at CNN question these?

CNN has been seriously infected by the ongoing polarization pandemic.

Winston Churchill on herd immunity? 

On schools in Covid-19 times

Financial and other escape valve in times of Covid-19

Churchill and Covid-19?

February 27, 2020, (again) I visited London’s Churchill War Rooms

And March 14, 2020, I tweeted: 

"Endure" Again I visited Churchill War Rooms in London Reading UK’s plans of building up herd immunity against coronavirus, I wonder whether Winston would not have agreed with such stiff upper lip policy “I've nothing to offer but coughing, fever, chills and shortness of breath”

PS. Most specially when the vaccines then seemed to be years away

A battle of our times: Herd Immunity vs. Herd Docility

PS. “Don't be a defeatist dear! It’s so middle class”

PS. My Tweets in Times of a Pandemic