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6. I think you may be missing the bigger picture.

Fri Jan 24, 2020, 07:56 PM

Jan 2020

It’s not about the actual number. It’s about the infectivity and fatality rates of a new virus.

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Coronavirus claims 15 more lives in China; first two cases reported in Europe [View all] Quackers Jan 2020 OP

I think you may be missing the bigger picture. Quackers Jan 2020 #6

I think you are missing the big picture. former9thward Jan 2020 #8

Extrapolation of the data is the big picture Quackers Jan 2020 #9

Ordinary Flu spreads much faster than the Caronvirus has been! at140 Jan 2020 #17

Measles only killed a dozen Americans in the past 20 yr NickB79 Jan 2020 #10

I believe in proportions at140 Jan 2020 #11

It's a numbers game. herding cats Jan 2020 #12

Indeed, a number game it is. Massacure Jan 2020 #13

Exactly. herding cats Jan 2020 #16

Lol, ok! Nt USALiberal Jan 2020 #15

Kick. Mike 03 Jan 2020 #2

exactly... FirstLight Jan 2020 #7

Yikes! I have 6 flights coming up ecstatic Jan 2020 #5