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Yes, obviously once it goes exponential, exponentials are hard to hide. The point is to stop it before it goes exponential. That's why people were discussing, s
by gwern 7y ago
Yes, obviously once it goes exponential, exponentials are hard to hide. The point is to stop it before it goes exponential. That's why people were discussing, say, Iran or NYC testing problems and lack of social distancing, rather than saying "well, at the end of the day, hiding exponential growth is impossible, so who cares"...