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2020-05-14
[ZeroHedge] An analysis of computer models used by Professor Neil Ferguson to predict that millions would die of COVID-19- models on which Western leaders had based the ongoing lockdowns - have been torn to shreds. Some have even gone so far as to suggest that his dire models may have something to do with his married lover being an environmental activist.
Ouch.
Hey honey wanna see my etchings models?
Mark E Jeftovic, in his Axis of Easy website, says: ’A code review has been undertaken by an anonymous ex-Google software engineer here, who tells us the GitHub repository code has been heavily massaged by Microsoft engineers, and others, in an effort to whip the code into shape to safely expose it to the public. Alas, they seem to have failed and numerous flaws and bugs from the original software persist in the released version. Requests for the unedited version of the original code behind the model have gone unanswered.’"

According to Jeftovic, the code produces 'non-deterministic outputs,' which means it will spit out different results for identical inputs - rendering it inappropriate for scientific use.
Related:
Neil Ferguson: 2020-05-10 Model: Universal Mask-Wearing Would Do More To Reduce Infection Than Indefinite Lockdowns Would
Neil Ferguson: 2020-05-10 Destruction of the Imperial College's Ferguson model by some top Google people posting anonymously.
Neil Ferguson: 2020-05-07 The War between Experience and Credentials
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