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Last Checked May 21, 2020

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Mon May 04 20:54:28 +0000 2020

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

One thing I think missing from the centralized quarantine debate is I bet a purely voluntary system would get some uptake. If I got sick, I wouldn’t want to infect my wife and kid — I’d want to go somewhere! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 4, 2020 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Read the whole thread for full details/nuance but tl;dr Transmission is primarily driven by close contact with people with symptoms. — PolitiTweet.org

Dr Muge Cevik @mugecevik

A lot of discussion recently about transmission dynamics, most of which are extrapolated from viral loads & estimat… https://t.co/Egetw…

Posted May 4, 2020 Hibernated

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If Xi Jinping said tomorrow “the coronavirus was 100% our fault, a plague we unleashed on the world because it amuses us to watch the West flounder impotently” Trump’s policy response would be ... what? Demand that China buy more soybeans? Higher taxes on refrigerators? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 4, 2020 Hibernated

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