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I think these numbers are so extreme as to invite skepticism. Too often (omicron is 72% of cases) unbelievable numbers are, in fact, not to be believed.
by whiddershins 5y ago
I think these numbers are so extreme as to invite skepticism.
Too often (omicron is 72% of cases) unbelievable numbers are, in fact, not to be believed.
- LorenPechtel 5y agoThe 72% figure was a computer prediction somehow gone wrong, I don't know the details of what went wrong. However, it's obvious Omicron is absolutely exploding--the testing system is completely swamped at this point so we don't know the real rate. That's enough to say that by now the 72% likely is right.
- yosito 5y agoBeing skeptical doesn't mean that the numbers are not to be believed. It means that the numbers are to be investigated. Often, unintuitive numbers turn out to be accurate after investigation, but unless we do the hard work of investigation, we can't know.