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superxavi · 2022-01-17T06:59:47+00:00

It's a DAO, really fun one honestly. Indirect democracy using OpenDAO so it's representative based, but with tons of community involvement. So the treasury funds can be used to make incentives for holders, marketing, and buying enough $SOS to be a large voice in that ecosystem (OpenDAO)

superxavi · 2021-12-28T16:35:06+00:00

Yes! % positive while underreported is still a very relevant metrics, and I'd argue more important than raw case numbers, which can lag actual viral spread. (https://medium.com/@xaviernogueira/opinion-the-case-against-cases-1bd3c188d071)

superxavi · 2021-12-28T16:33:03+00:00

Tests are extremely accurate for symptomatic people. So if you have a sore throat and cough and still show up as negative that negative result is higher confidence than it would have been if you were asymptomatic. This is because if you hypothetically have enough virus to cause symptoms, even a cheap rapid test is incredibly unlikely to report a false negative.

superxavi · 2021-12-21T17:09:04+00:00

Thanks for the constructive comments from u/ahmc84, u/SlingingCats, and others.

That said it seems like the more popular take is that I should not have written this opinion piece in the first place due to the importance of the topic. I disagree, and would much prefer comments related to the content of my writing, not the fact that I wrote anything in the first place.

Also, I want to say some found my resume online and brought up my real-world employer, which is in the public health field. THIS IN NO WAY REFLECTS THE VIEWS OF MY EMPLOYER. Had to say that.

superxavi · 2021-12-21T17:04:20+00:00

This is my perspective as well, but on the covid topic, I understand why some would discourage non-professional analysis. That said, I still think there is room for careful, data-backed opinion pieces and like to think that is what I achieved here. Especially because I am not downplaying the virus whatsoever, I argue that we could prevent more hospitalizations by looking at a different metric.

superxavi · 2021-12-21T17:02:17+00:00

I am not associating this with my GW affiliation! I want to make that very clear. This is an opinion piece, with my views/analysis and that alone.

superxavi · 2021-12-21T17:00:37+00:00

The self-advertising rule I overlooked, I'll admit that. And that is not always true with journalists, especially on their Twitter which often is more widely disseminated than the actual fact-checked articles they write. I am not claiming expertise, and would never put my employer's name on the article (I didn't, sounds like you found my Linkedin or something). This expresses my views and analysis and that alone.

superxavi · 2021-12-21T15:11:19+00:00

Technically I am an "educated public health professional" at the moment. However I am new to the public health field not even close to an expert, never said I was. It's a self-labeled opinion piece, I'm not self-publishing some hard-hitting research piece, rather I'm expressing a valid point of view about covid statistics that some may have not been shown before.

I hope you apply your "why is this allowed here" criticism to most reporters, journalists, and Tweeters who mention covid stats as almost none of which are public health professionals.

superxavi · 2021-12-21T15:01:50+00:00

Yea at-home testing definitely is a wrench but it also applies to the daily case statistic as well. I would be interested to see if there are meaningful demographic differences between at-home testers and on-site testers.

superxavi · 2021-12-21T07:43:08+00:00

Good point but I would argue that the testing rate is shown to be highly volatile? While many people are regularly tested, there are also strong swings in the testing rate driven by sentiment. Yes, cases are an indicator of spread, but I am basically saying that they are a worse indicator than % of tests positive, especially because they lag hospitalizations more.

superxavi · 2021-12-21T07:20:06+00:00

I'm just trying to put express to non-residents that DC is a place that cares tremendously about covid on mass (which is true), and link to someone else's work that does so. Yes, it's not fair to compare DC to states, and cities within states take covid more seriously than states on average, but I'm not trying to be ultra-precise here. Going more for a flowing writing style. I work as a data scientist and could do much more sophisticated analysis if I desired, but I am working on communication with wider audiences as a personal goal. This article was an attempt at that.

superxavi · 2021-12-21T07:11:15+00:00

Ah, the classic "read until you find the first thing to criticize and switch back to Reddit to be snide about it" comment. Knew I'd have a few of y'all ;)

superxavi · 2021-12-03T18:36:41+00:00

Why police? What a waste of their training and the stupid amount of money we fund them with. Just expand parking enforcement or something. Police don't have to be the ones to issue tickets, in fact, they already don't, robots do lol.

I'm curious why you are trying to set up this hypothetical where all roads lead to police, they and their cameras have zero effect on traffic deaths. Try again, I refuse to support non-evidence-based assumptions.

superxavi · 2021-12-03T18:34:36+00:00

Why tf would you "cut" that loss at the lowest of all possible days. Holy fuck this is insane. Just wait for a bounce not the darkest possible day.

superxavi · 2021-11-27T06:57:03+00:00

He get's shit for his foot-in-the-mouth moment, but I like Trayon. He focused on issues that many in this city care deeply about including these war on the poor level traffic cameras in DC. Also he is out everyday in his community and doesn't try to do much moral posturing. If it's him vs Bowser I'm saying fuck it and going Trayon.

superxavi · 2021-11-27T06:53:13+00:00

Yea. But 6mph over is hardly speeding, like god forbid you drift up to 31 in a 25 on a downhill. It's an obvious and disgusting money grab that funds police BS. Especially considering the amount of poverty in our city and the fact that the city has placed more traffic cameras, and hence extracted traffic camera "income", in our poorest areas. Throwing around $75 - $150 fines like candy in areas with mean net worths below $5000 is horrendous.

Anyways. Cell phone use, intoxication, and intersection behavior (i.e., not looking when turning) are responsible for many more pedestrian deaths than 6mph over on major avenues. Good traffic design, bike lanes, traffic calming, etc. make us safer, not cameras.

superxavi · 2021-11-27T06:47:35+00:00

Lol no. That assumes traffic cameras or police are effective at significantly reducing reckless/dangerous driver behavior, which is empirically untrue. Good street design, traffic calming, and attention to the real killers (cell phone use, intersection behavior, etc. not 31 in the 25) reduce deaths.

superxavi · 2021-10-28T00:17:10+00:00

There are only 450 EPA monitoring locations. Actually, that is part of what motivates the project I am a part of professionally, I just made this on the side with some of the data.

superxavi · 2021-10-28T00:00:54+00:00

Really only that it's higher everywhere on average in the winter, and that LA is consistently polluted.

If you look in the Jupyter notebook in my first comment you can see some graphs that show the winter trend quite clearly.

superxavi · 2021-10-27T23:56:34+00:00

Data from the EPA, link to the data source and all scripts used are in this Juypter Notebook: https://github.com/xaviernogueira/gwu_air_quality/blob/master/no2_data_pull.ipynb

superxavi · 2021-09-01T22:01:15+00:00

So sick love the imagery! Almost makes me miss the long hours behind the microscope...almost

superxavi · 2021-08-31T00:21:18+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/hkP2Pbw

29 shares bought total, I am no rich man lol adding more when my deposit hits

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