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It’s all about math, and the thing with math is that you can cheat the numbers. Read this post and start Social Distancing ASAP.

#coronavirus #COVID19

“The Sober Math Everyone Must Understand about the Pandemic” by Jason S Warner
link.medium.com/qk6KW0DpX4
The fundamental problem with people not understanding why #SocialDistancing is so critical is related to people not understanding how exponentials work. Most people don’t even know what the word ‘exponential’ means. So here is a challenge for you:
Take a paper. Any size. It can be a full sheet newspaper, a letter-sized paper, anything. Now fold it in half 10 times. Can you do it? I bet you can’t. Because it is mathematically impossible to do. If you don’t believe me, try it. Seriously, try it.
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