(not .06 percent). 2/2

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What does 2/2 mean here?


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Sam Harris tweeted 17h
The case fatality ratio for seasonal flu is 0.1 percent (not .01 percent). And
@AmeshAA
's estimate for coronavirus is 0.6 percent (not .06 percent). 2/2
Sam Harris
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Apologies for any confusion. Hopefully, no one went out and bought a pangolin. 3/3
 

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"Two errors out of two assertions." You can read it as "Two for two."
 

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Given that the lower message includes 3/3, I'm not convinced that 2/2 means that even though it fits the context. I've noticed that when a message spans more than one tweet (because of the character limit), they get numbered, for example: 1/3, 2/3, 3/3. They are "message 1 of 3", "message 2 of 3" and "message 3 of 3".
 

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Given that the lower message includes 3/3, I'm not convinced that 2/2 means that even though it fits the context. I've noticed that when a message spans more than one tweet (because of the character limit), they get numbered, for example: 1/3, 2/3, 3/3. They are "message 1 of 3", "message 2 of 3" and "message 3 of 3".
:oops: Of course! I'm not a tweeter but I still should have noticed that. It shows up in text-messaging apps, too.
 
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