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Re:England's Covid-19 infections down 30% during national lo... by jgalt212 on Monday November 30, 2020 @09:42AM (#25254181)
> reported cases have dropped by about4-4.5x.

Why are you mixing units? If infections are down 4X so 100 -> 25 (-75%), why not just quote in per cent terms as the headline is?

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Re:England's Covid-19 infections down 30% during national lo... by disgruntledphd2 on Monday November 30, 2020 @09:49AM (#25254263)
Because I'm being colloquial. Hopefully nobody is making important decisions as a result of my HN posts ;) (If you are, contact me and give me some money :))
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