Iceland Covid IFR .3%
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you mean 0.3%
where is your leading zero??
https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/07/a-post-about-nothing.html
wrote on 4 Sept 2020, 10:22 last edited by Klaus 9 Apr 2020, 10:22@bachophile said in Iceland Covid IFR .3%:
you mean 0.3%
where is your leading zero??
https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/07/a-post-about-nothing.html
Right on! The APA style guide isn't going far enough, though. It is always, universally wrong to drop the leading zero. No exceptions.
Wars have been fought about this issue, and rightly so! I for one wouldn't want to be friend with anyone who drops leading zeros.
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you mean 0.3%
where is your leading zero??
https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/07/a-post-about-nothing.html
wrote on 4 Sept 2020, 13:04 last edited by@bachophile said in Iceland Covid IFR .3%:
you mean 0.3%
where is your leading zero??
Yeah but what’s the point?
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wrote on 4 Sept 2020, 14:27 last edited by
There are good, fine digits on both sides of that point.
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wrote on 4 Sept 2020, 14:36 last edited by
@Horace said in Iceland Covid IFR .3%:
There are good, fine digits on both sides of that point.
They're not, they're zeroes. Sad!
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wrote on 4 Sept 2020, 15:48 last edited by
The zero adds nothing.
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wrote on 4 Sept 2020, 16:04 last edited by
"Less Than Zero" is one of the least specific book titles ever.
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wrote on 4 Sept 2020, 17:05 last edited by
Center for evidence based medicine estimates IFR between .3 and .49 in England
https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/estimating-the-infection-fatality-ratio-in-england/
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wrote on 4 Sept 2020, 18:26 last edited by
He did it again.
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wrote on 4 Sept 2020, 19:10 last edited by
it looks wrong ,like a misspelling. A strain on the eyes.
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wrote on 6 Sept 2020, 12:56 last edited by
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wrote on 6 Sept 2020, 13:08 last edited by Jolly 9 Jun 2020, 13:09
@Loki said in Iceland Covid IFR .3%:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhHNYo4XgAAKRxC?format=png&name=900x900As I said in the JMU thread, keep them on campus. They mostly weather the virus pretty well and it's a huge trial for herd immunity. Plus, if you let them leave, you send infective agents everywhere...
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@Loki said in Iceland Covid IFR .3%:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhHNYo4XgAAKRxC?format=png&name=900x900As I said in the JMU thread, keep them on campus. They mostly weather the virus pretty well and it's a huge trial for herd immunity. Plus, if you let them leave, you send infective agents everywhere...
wrote on 6 Sept 2020, 13:27 last edited by@Jolly I think that makes sense. As you say, it is a good way to control the students and also monitor them.
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wrote on 6 Sept 2020, 14:30 last edited by
Not sure about the ethics of making the professors, administrators, janitorial and cafeteria staff part of the experiment.
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wrote on 6 Sept 2020, 15:12 last edited by
Teaching is now a high-risk profession.
Like coal mining or fishing
Life insurance rates will go up