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Re:Updating Herd Immunity Models for the US: Implications fo... by jayd16 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @11:34AM (#24720092)
>This is fag packet math

Is this what they call napkin math in the UK? Back of the cigarette pack math?

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Re:Updating Herd Immunity Models for the US: Implications fo... by hondo77 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @11:51AM (#24720290)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-of-the-envelope_calculati...: In British English, a similar idiom is "back of a fag packet".
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Re:Updating Herd Immunity Models for the US: Implications fo... by dboreham on Thursday October 08, 2020 @11:50AM (#24720273)
To be consistent I think it should be "fag packet maths".
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