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The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. No. We don't know and might never know, because those numbers reflect

Reply to TXPaganBanker (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 01:42 PM

Mar 2020

only the reported and confirmed cases. The milder cases are not tested and possibly not even reported. Those people will recover on their own without any record that they were sick. We have no idea how many cases there are that have not been reported at all.

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No. We don't know and might never know, because those numbers reflect The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #1

I think we are running about 6% gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #2

Except you are looking at Turbineguy Mar 2020 #3