Since the various refrences linked in the article can’t agree on a number for even just the spanish flu (just in the linked stuff, got numbers from 1.8-3 as teh r-naught), I’m guessing you will never get a real definition of what the number means. In fact wikipedia (which appears to have been the point of referenced…

HIV actually runs under the assumption that ~70-90% of partners will become infected in a single contact. The R0 in Africa is around 4.6, lower in North America and Europe, and fluctuates over time, and by region. The method for calculating the R0 for HIV does push ethics boundaries, and is always an estimate as most…

There were 104 open federal bench seats because of Mitch, and they are being filled by Mitch. McConnell is reshaping the judiciary, the Senate, and is more the architect for the decline of America than any single other person.

Harper is a man of his word. At his press conference with the Phillys, he told everyone “We want to bring a title back to DC”

Welcome to the world of cognitive dissonance. It’s a land populated by many.

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I only make exceptions when the difference in money is miniscule or the team is clearly going to fail (ie: early 2000's Rangers, Mets, Marlins, Padres)- So for Harper he had and still has a good shot at winning in Philly. Or Jacoby Ellsbury for the Sox when he left for the Yankees, there was no way I wanted them to…

I pointed this out the other day, and people were like, “he’s rich, he doesn’t care”. But surely there’s an angle here where the Nationals showed that maybe, just maybe, Bryce Harper is an aggressive douchebag that has a negative effect on a clubhouse.

This rationale is enough for me to want the Nats to end their misery. If they did win, I think the acute anxiety suffered by team and fans every time the bullpen door opened would balance out past misdeeds.

As a Nats fan, I was bummed to see them lose Harper. Leading up to his contract end/free agency I figured he might go to one of the West Coast teams, as speculated in the media. But then he signed with the Phillies, a division rival, stating his desire to play with a young team with potential (just like the Nats) in a…

Especially when it is Harper.

I think Bosa’s attitude had less to do with old college grudges than with the well known fact he just hates the browns. 

I’m not sure how true that is either. If you look at the FO rankings: https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teameff/2019 (numbers as of last week).

Dennis is the man Ben Shapiro wants to be.

An inexperienced coach needs a reliable brain trust around him.

Better Than Ezra had like, what? 2 songs? And one of them wasn’t even that good. The singer looked like Brian Krakow from My So Called Life in the video for Good. Now he looks like Dennis Reynolds.

Ben Folds Five was the most underrated 90's band. Fight me.

Live was just so earnest. Sooooo Earnest. Makes them easy to mock, and I agree that they were better than how they’re remembered.

I’m legitimately surprised you even got a sort of whoops. I expected them to blame you for the whole thing.

I am in the process of closing all of my accounts with BOA because their customer service is a cluster fuck.

Did you get a football phone? When this happened on Friends they sent Phoebe a football phone.