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Cuomo -- (link)

Posted by ty97 Mar 21 '20, 09:52

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https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1241384622459686913 (twitter.com)

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The “eventually will become infected” number is another potentially alarming but plainly misleading number? 80Pct infected at the same time today? Fuc - JackDawson Mar 21, 10:06 5
- But that's precisely the point of what we're doing right now. Keep the numbers lower so that when you do decide to do something important, like, oh - Reagen Mar 21, 10:28 4
  - (Not sure how my post got interpreted as meh let’s not flatten the curve?) -- nm - JackDawson Mar 21, 10:33 2
    - because I don't think "80 pct will eventually get it" is supposed to be alarming or misleading. - Reagen Mar 21, 10:35 1
      - You’re probably right that it’s not meant to be alarming but unfortunately without context it’s liable to get used as an alarming metric by panic - JackDawson Mar 21, 10:42
  - Right exactly - that’s what we are hoping to get to -- nm - JackDawson Mar 21, 10:33

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