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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by lovich on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:53AM (#32948207)
100% difference in rate is fairly close? I get that these are small rates to begin with, but if your margin of error includes the entire range between 0 and your predication in the first place, does your prediction have any value?
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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by nradov on Friday September 23, 2022 @03:13PM (#32955892)
Being within a factor of 2 is fairly close for being early in the pandemic with very limited data. At the time, some other researchers had estimated a fatality rate in the 2% range which was even farther off.
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