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Do you reckon? - Oldfellah - 24-01-2022
Michael Baker is scaremongering!
Professor Michael Baker is warning that every New Zealander will either get Omicron or know someone who gets it.
The Otago University epidemiologist told Newshub Kiwis have been "very removed from this threat" and he expected to see "tens of thousands of cases" over the next three or four months.
"We will see tens of thousands of cases and unfortunately several hundred deaths in the next three or four months.
I have no faith in these so called experts, they haven't been right once.
RE: Do you reckon? - Magoo - 24-01-2022
(24-01-2022, 01:38 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: Michael Baker is scaremongering!they only have to be right once oldfellah
Professor Michael Baker is warning that every New Zealander will either get Omicron or know someone who gets it.
The Otago University epidemiologist told Newshub Kiwis have been "very removed from this threat" and he expected to see "tens of thousands of cases" over the next three or four months.
"We will see tens of thousands of cases and unfortunately several hundred deaths in the next three or four months.
I have no faith in these so called experts, they haven't been right once.
RE: Do you reckon? - king1 - 24-01-2022
I will be quite happy if he is wrong at the end of the day... but you need people who call it as they see it, rather than simple yes men/woman
RE: Do you reckon? - Praktica - 24-01-2022
How is Baker a so-called expert? If it wasn't for him, and others like him, we would have had hundreds of deaths in 2020...
RE: Do you reckon? - king1 - 24-01-2022
he's not alone either
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/460053/covid-19-up-to-half-of-nz-population-could-become-infected-with-omicron-modeller
RE: Do you reckon? - Oh_hunnihunni - 24-01-2022
Modelling sets up scenarios based on given factors. They are only predictions if those factors come about. Modelling is about consequences, and how to avoid them.
RE: Do you reckon? - Lilith7 - 24-01-2022
Forewarned is forearmed - at least to some extent.
RE: Do you reckon? - Olive - 24-01-2022
Professor of Public Health Michael Baker is not a "so called" expert, he is an actual expert. If you can't tell the difference maybe you should keep quiet about his field of expertise.
RE: Do you reckon? - Oldfellah - 24-01-2022
(24-01-2022, 08:09 PM)Olive Wrote: Professor  of Public Health Michael Baker is not a "so called" expert, he is an actual expert.  If you can't tell the difference maybe you should keep quiet about his field of expertise.Olive I do wish you would shut up , you are now on my ignore list, you have no sense of humour , you carry on as though you are up yourself, perhaps the folks on the other message board may welcome you with open arms so why not go there .. bye bye.
RE: Do you reckon? - Olive - 25-01-2022
(24-01-2022, 08:47 PM)Oldfellah Wrote:(24-01-2022, 08:09 PM)Olive Wrote: Professor  of Public Health Michael Baker is not a "so called" expert, he is an actual expert.  If you can't tell the difference maybe you should keep quiet about his field of expertise.Olive I do wish you would shut up , you are now on my ignore list, you have no sense of humour , you carry on as though you are up yourself, perhaps the folks on the other message board may welcome you with open arms so why not go there .. bye bye.
   Bless!
RE: Do you reckon? - Magoo - 25-01-2022
lol olive
RE: Do you reckon? - Oh_hunnihunni - 25-01-2022
No, don't be dissing Olive. I like her, we're keeping her.
RE: Do you reckon? - Lilith7 - 25-01-2022
(25-01-2022, 10:51 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: No, don't be dissing Olive. I like her, we're keeping her.Yep, me too, she's a permanent fixture.
RE: Do you reckon? - Oh_hunnihunni - 25-01-2022
(24-01-2022, 08:09 PM)Olive Wrote: Professor  of Public Health Michael Baker is not a "so called" expert, he is an actual expert.  If you can't tell the difference maybe you should keep quiet about his field of expertise.Professorships are quite hard to come by in this country. They have to have at least one PhD, and have been published on a significant level. So yes, he is an expert in his field.
And maybe it is in the job description of experts to tell the rest of us things we don't want to hear.
(25-01-2022, 10:52 AM)Lilith7 Wrote:I quite like oldfellah too, but don't you go telling him.(25-01-2022, 10:51 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: No, don't be dissing Olive. I like her, we're keeping her.Yep, me too, she's a permanent fixture.
RE: Do you reckon? - Lilith7 - 25-01-2022
(25-01-2022, 10:53 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote:Indeed - there's a danger of swollen head syndrome...(24-01-2022, 08:09 PM)Olive Wrote: Professor  of Public Health Michael Baker is not a "so called" expert, he is an actual expert.  If you can't tell the difference maybe you should keep quiet about his field of expertise.Professorships are quite hard to come by in this country. They have to have at least one PhD, and have been published on a significant level. So yes, he is an expert in his field.
And maybe it is in the job description of experts to tell the rest of us things we don't want to hear.
(25-01-2022, 10:52 AM)Lilith7 Wrote: Yep, me too, she's a permanent fixture.I quite like oldfellah too, but don't you go telling him.
RE: Do you reckon? - Olive - 25-01-2022
(25-01-2022, 10:52 AM)Lilith7 Wrote:Cheers dears.(25-01-2022, 10:51 AM):Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: No, don't be dissing Olive. I like her, we're keeping her.Yep, me too, she's a permanent fixture.
RE: Do you reckon? - Oh_hunnihunni - 25-01-2022
Looking forward to the cheque Olive...
RE: Do you reckon? - Olive - 25-01-2022
(25-01-2022, 12:05 PM):Oh_hunnihunnI Wrote: Looking forward to the cheque Olive...
RE: Do you reckon? - Oldfellah - 25-01-2022
The thing is that when I say He/She is a so called expert or so called politician or so called whatever, people have to get off their high horse and realise that its only a figure of speech for gods sake, some people need to get a life! There are a lot on here that use figure of speech in their language and I dont have a go at them, or perhaps I should 
RE: Do you reckon? - Praktica - 25-01-2022
To me, "so called expert" suggests that the person labelled as such is ignorant.