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Old 03-27-2020, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by TexaninVA View Post
8 out of 800 is only 1% positive. That actually sounds good. Zero would be better but still.

I think I read (not sure) where something like 25% of the people in NYC who took the test were positive.
This is a nonlinear situation, need to think exponentially, we are on a doubling every 3 days trajectory if there is no mitigation.

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