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Tue Apr 14 12:01:29 +0000 2020

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@AndreasShrugged @salilstatistics Lockdowns actually work but this graph says nothing about it. It does not cluster groups with different policies. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 14, 2020 Hibernated

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I don't know if he (and those liking the graph) realize that an R-squared of .15 means, if you look at it generously, that almost all the variance is for random reasons, something like ~98% (conventional) or (entropy) >99.9%. @salilstatistics — PolitiTweet.org

John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch

But lockdown timing exhibits a much stronger relationship. Countries that locked down earlier in their outbreaks s… https://t.co/ycgcQkKQN6

Posted April 14, 2020 Hibernated

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@liamvictor @salilstatistics @DrCirillo is writing one — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 14, 2020 Hibernated

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