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Last Checked Dec. 9, 2020

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Thu Nov 19 21:55:18 +0000 2020

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

I was fairly pessimistic about COVID early on, but there was kind of this naiveté that I think I (and other people) had about timing. Like no one wanted to say "this could disrupt life for a year or longer" so anyone who said some version of that caught my attention. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 19, 2020

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

I'm not sure if I can find the exact quotes, but I can remember @sciencecohen and @HelenBranswell saying things to the effect of "this is going to be with us for a long time" and that really sticking with me. — PolitiTweet.org

Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape

Question to my colleagues and the twitterverse in general: Looking back at these past 11 months, what are key quot… https://t.co/fqji3Xy3q6

Posted Nov. 19, 2020

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

@Yair_Rosenberg Yeah. I mean, it was hard to be certain I guess—China seemed to do an OK job of containing it, and maybe it would prove to be super seasonal or something—but if you looked at the history of respiratory pandemics, "this is going to last a year+" was a reasonable expectation. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 19, 2020

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