thebaz wrote: » For those wanting restrictions on the elderly cocooning to be lifted :- The death toll rose by 28 to 263 with the deceased yesterday having a median age of 84 years of age.
Blueshoe wrote: » Hardly bashing when it's true. Schools are closed. They have been for some time now. They won't open again. The time is never made back up. Unions won't allow it. 7 months off at full pay. Goodnight Irene
_Kaiser_ wrote: » So the elderly continue to cocoon and the rest have restrictions lifted somewhat then? Seems a reasonable compromise at this point. Keeping everyone locked up regardless of circumstance or health status is wearing very thin
Phoebas wrote: » The teachers aren't off. Some of them are providing classes over video conferencing: some are setting and correcting assignments.
Ace2007 wrote: » Baz - what does median age mean?
thebaz wrote: » The rest are not having restrictions lifted - we are all in lockdown for 3 weeks - Look at the data , the people that this virus is killing is the elderly (average age 84), so keep them cocooned is the correct call - everyone is suffering
_Kaiser_ wrote: » Top paragraph was a suggested alternative We can't just keep everyone locked in indefinitely. We need to protect those who are vulnerable through isolation but the rest of us need to be able to get back to work and everything else the economy depends on
thebaz wrote: » its been answered better by many , but simply - average age
Plumbthedepths wrote: » Easy to sort out foreign travel, no one without an immunity cert allowed in or out.
KaneToad wrote: » Half are above that age and half are below that age. Whereas the mean (or average) age would be all the ages added together and divided by the number of people.
KaneToad wrote: » Not the average age. See my post above.
Ace2007 wrote: » Baz - what does median age mean? thebaz wrote: » its been answered better by many , but simply - average age
Cupatae wrote: » You are in fairyland "Immunity cert" :pac::pac::D Also people will accept a 2nd lock down when they start dying en mass and hospitals start buckling under the pressure... they wont have any choice but to..
thebaz wrote: » it is an average , not getting into a statistal debate
Ace2007 wrote: » I know what it means, but from Baz answer it's clear that he doesn't.
thebaz wrote: » oh, sorry for politly trying to ansewr your question , should have ****ing ignored The original quoute (below) I put in was lifted from the Indo The death toll rose by 28 to 263 with the deceased yesterday having a median age of 84 years of age.
Ace2007 wrote: » Yes but you going round saying it's the elderly that's dying, but you don't know that - you are assuming that
Plumbthedepths wrote: » Surely there is already a teacher basing thread for you to post that jibe in?
Plumbthedepths wrote: » Better tell the Australian government that's their plan to get back to 'normal' that's it fairytale stuff so. Won't be a second lockdown, the vulnerable will be expected to cocoon, young people won't accept putting their lives on indefinite hold for older people they have no connection with.
FloatingVoter wrote: » Which makes them all quite elderly. You start getting teenagers dying and that median will shrink fast. Outliers might be in their late nineties and a few in their sixties.
[Deleted User] wrote: » I know plenty in my family who will actively go out and try to contract this if antibody tests work and you can get some kind of ‘certificate’ to allow normal life to resume. We have actually talked about that prospect
FloatingVoter wrote: » Which makes them all quite elderly. ?. Outliers however might be as young as toddlers with a few centenarians thrown in. The median is judged on the middle of a range of numbers. Who's the oldest ? Who's the youngest ? That's be equally uninformative.
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