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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

As a related thought: I think people underestimate how much more prevalent COVID-19 is in some areas than others. NYC has around *30 times* more deaths per capita than Santa Clara Co., Calif. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 22, 2020 Hibernated

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On the flip side, this is much less of a concern in areas with a greater underlying incidence in the population. If an area has been 15% infected, then a potential false positive rate of 1% or 2% or 3% isn't going to matter as much. So I'd look at those studies instead. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 22, 2020 Hibernated

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Deaths are not necessarily a perfect way to estimate infections (the IFR may vary from place to place for many reasons) but they're at least decently good. So it could *easily* be the case that say 30% of the population had COVID-19 in NYC but only 1.2% did in Santa Clara. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 22, 2020 Hibernated

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