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3. Prominent epidemiologists like Marc Lipsitch predicted in February that 40-70% of the world's population would be infected with COVID-19 over the next year. https://t.co/7W677X6GTC — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 19, 2020 Hibernated

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2. The Imperial College study in March envisioned on-and-off waves of COVID until a vaccine, if social distancing measures were implemented then relaxed then re-implemented, etc. (which is basically what has happened). https://t.co/0lITMpN9fh — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 19, 2020 Hibernated

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So if forecasts were pretty good in March, what changed? Part of it is was just this was very new in March. People weren't thinking so far ahead. Fall seemed a LONG time away. You could read these predictions, agree with them intellectually, but they didn't register emotionally. — PolitiTweet.org

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