Do you reckon?

[Oldfellah]

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.

[Magoo]

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.

they only have to be right once oldfellah

[king1]

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

[Praktica]

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...

[king1]

he's not alone either
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4600...n-modeller

[Oh_hunnihunni]

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.

[Lilith7]

Forewarned is forearmed - at least to some extent.

[Olive]

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.

[Oldfellah]

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.

[Olive]

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!

[Magoo]

lol olive

[Oh_hunnihunni]

No, don't be dissing Olive. I like her, we're keeping her.

[Lilith7]

No, don't be dissing Olive. I like her, we're keeping her.

Yep, me too, she's a permanent fixture.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

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.

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No, don't be dissing Olive. I like her, we're keeping her.

Yep, me too, she's a permanent fixture.

I quite like oldfellah too, but don't you go telling him.

[Lilith7]

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.

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Yep, me too, she's a permanent fixture.

I quite like oldfellah too, but don't you go telling him.

Indeed - there's a danger of swollen head syndrome...

[Olive]

No, don't be dissing Olive. I like her, we're keeping her.

Yep, me too, she's a permanent fixture.

Cheers dears.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Looking forward to the cheque Olive...

[Olive]

Looking forward to the cheque Olive...

[Oldfellah]

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 

[Praktica]

To me, "so called expert" suggests that the person labelled as such is ignorant.