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I just saw a virologist give out the flu argument in addition to presenting the naive mortality rate and making an intentional arithmetic mistake (100-3.5=97, p
by eveningcoffee 7y ago
I just saw a virologist give out the flu argument in addition to presenting the naive mortality rate and making an intentional arithmetic mistake (100-3.5=97, perhaps 96.5 does not feel such a big number anymore).
I would recommend to study this site https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ if you want to be more informed.
- heartbeats 7y agoRounding up .5 is considered proper form.
- sp332 7y agoI agree. If you only have two significant digits to work with, pretending to have more precision is a different kind of dishonesty.
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- SamReidHughes 7y ago100 - (3.5 +/- epsilon) is 96.5 +/- epsilon.