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Re:New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19 by sojournerc on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:44AM (#22628516)
If the people who recover after mild/minimal symptoms do so within <5days (hypothetically), but people who have severe cases take 10 days to get severe, wouldn't that account for "would have seen deaths earlier in South Korea"?
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Re:New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19 by scott_s on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:47AM (#22628567)
Yes, that would. But what evidence do we have for that? I believe you're engaging in special pleading: appealing to an exception because it fits your conclusion.
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