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Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by tempsy on Saturday January 25, 2020 @02:48PM (#22148229)
Obscene level of fear mongering based on data that was later revised down. I can’t believe he thought that thread was a good idea.
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Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by dilly_li on Saturday January 25, 2020 @02:52PM (#22148252)
Where is the updated version?
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Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by dtolnay on Saturday January 25, 2020 @02:55PM (#22148272)
Revised down to 2.6:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1221132573340061697.html

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Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by myth_drannon on Saturday January 25, 2020 @03:31PM (#22148464)
Still very high.
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Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by akiselev on Sunday January 26, 2020 @12:07AM (#22150489)
No, it's middling at best. Measles in a totally unvaccinated population (R0 = 12-18) is very high [1]. An R0 of 2.6 is a relative cakewalk.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number

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Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by baby on Saturday January 25, 2020 @02:55PM (#22148269)
Can we please avoid this types of response without citing source?
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Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by tempsy on Saturday January 25, 2020 @03:02PM (#22148318)
Spreading a tweet from a doctor who is acting like the world is about to end is a worse action than a rebuttal questioning his fear mongering that goes against both the WHO and CDC.
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Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by allovernow on Saturday January 25, 2020 @05:33PM (#22149041)
>data that was later revised down

Can we really trust reports that are coming out of China? From the CCP, no less?

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Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by indemnity on Saturday January 25, 2020 @09:38PM (#22150034)
China/CCP (same thing) has a history of being untrustworthy and a bad actor in situations like this, why will it be different this time?

Unlucky for their neighbours.

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