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Specifically, an excel sheet “running out of columns”: https://mobile.twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/1313046638915706880 https://mobile.twitter.com/MaxCRoser/stat

• Oras 6y ago
  but they have mitigated the issue, by spiting the data into multiple files!
• mellosouls 6y ago
  That is actually coming from the Daily Mail, and it's not clear where they get the Excel claim from, it's not sourced.
  • wlll 6y ago
    THe only other report I can find is from the BBC: "It was caused by some data files reporting positive test results exceeding the maximum file size." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54412581 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54412581 Still not too clear.
• BillinghamJ 6y ago
  It sounds to me much more likely that they ran out of rows - it would seem fairly difficult to split up the files by column