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Re:What went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted by lifelong on Sunday June 11, 2023 @11:10AM (#36282105)
> What a terrible article.

> “Thirty-five-year-old scientists don’t get very sick with influenza.”

> It’s rare, sure

Then what makes an article terrible when you agree with the statement?

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Re:What went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted by th0ma5 on Sunday June 11, 2023 @01:05PM (#36283202)
They did not agree with the statement.
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Re:What went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted by Natsu on Sunday June 11, 2023 @04:50PM (#36285532)
It really shouldn't be phrased as an absolute. But read charitably, when you have low N combined with rates that low, to expect that you wouldn't see noticeable illness in a small group of young, healthy people.
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