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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by theferalrobot on Thursday March 12, 2020 @09:10AM (#22556398)
Again not even close, France for instance has a death rate 10x ours per capita, that's gonna take way more than 5-6 days.

The statement is inaccurate any way you slice it. Why use incomplete information when more is available?

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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by martinpw on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:43PM (#22559511)
He didn't say per capita.

The statement was accurate. It may not be a useful metric, but it was an accurate one.

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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by theferalrobot on Thursday March 12, 2020 @06:12PM (#22562449)
> He didn't say per capita.

But it's also not the case when looking only at absolute numbers either. I would also argue that per capita is implied because it's the only way you can really make that comparison.

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