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Re:Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagio... by whatshisface on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @09:48PM (#23840319)
>correlation not causation.

>the end of lockdown unleashed pent-up frustration and disregard*

The debate totally set aside, realize that you proposed a causal relationship one sentence after saying "correlation not causation."

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Re:Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagio... by clairity on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @10:13PM (#23840451)
yes, but "undistancing->more cases" is a simpler if subtler explanation than "unlockdown->more cases", and thereby invalidating the implied causation of the question via occam's razor.
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