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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

How to put this carefully: There are *many* uncertainties surrounding coronavirus *including* about weather. It seems like the uncertainties are greater if you do *not* assume that weather plays some role in why it spreads more/faster in some places than others. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 13, 2020 Hibernated

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This is a much sharper slowdown in New Orleans than we've seen elsewhere and it doesn't *appear* to be a reflection of changes in testing alone. Louisiana-wide, the percentage of new tests reporting positive has declined a lot. https://t.co/byKhfFjHDB — PolitiTweet.org

Jeff Asher @Crimealytics

There were only 1,086 new cases reported in Orleans Parish over the last 7 days. That's a remarkable turnaround eve… https://t.co/JRGJWedqRf

Posted April 13, 2020 Hibernated

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And that's also what most of the research seems to find. The headlines are often like "don't count on weather to kill coronavirus". But the research itself generally seems to find some effect, though one that's 1) uncertain and 2) very unlikely to be enough to stop it on its own. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 13, 2020 Hibernated

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