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Re:Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds by eesmith on Friday September 25, 2020 @01:19AM (#24586797)
"expected to be the same" is simply not true.

Even simple models like the one described at https://youtu.be/k6nLfCbAzgo?t=920 (I point to the relevant part) shows that reducing the infection rate can also lead to fewer overall deaths.

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Re:Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds by Gibbon1 on Friday September 25, 2020 @05:03AM (#24587972)
UCSF's grand rounds last week discussed the observation that when there are outbreaks it appears that without masks the asymptomatic rate is 40% of those infected. With masks it appears to be 85%. Or to flip it around without masks 60% have symptoms. With masks only 15% do.
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Re:Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds by throwmeaway_pls on Friday September 25, 2020 @08:26AM (#24588968)
Okay, okay, I’m as down with the science as anybody but those numbers sound a lot like cherry-picking. They also don’t jive with the info that’s trickled out suggesting that a plurality of infections are happening in the home, at restaurants, or while attending unmasked gatherings.
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