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Re:Covid-19 screening tool seeking community contributions by lonelappde on Saturday March 21, 2020 @08:29PM (#22651538)
"Sorry to hear you're concerned about coronavirus (COVID-19)."

Sorry?? Why are you sorry to hear that I'm interested in using your tool?

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Re:Covid-19 screening tool seeking community contributions by mattkrause on Saturday March 21, 2020 @09:36PM (#22651898)
They mean "Sorry that your circumstances and symptoms are such that you're worried that you may have COVID-19"
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Re:Covid-19 screening tool seeking community contributions by zbarsky on Saturday March 21, 2020 @09:43PM (#22651948)
Yes, this is what we meant. It does sound a bit weird though, we'll consider changing the wording. Thanks!
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Re:Covid-19 screening tool seeking community contributions by mattkrause on Saturday March 21, 2020 @10:01PM (#22652049)
I couldn't find a pithy version that was much better. You may want to drop that part altogether--it comes off as a bit of a platitude since you wouldn't be on the site otherwise.
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