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		alexis_fr on April 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In 4 US state prisons, 3,300 inmates test positive... Do you even need to be an official to do that? Perhaps a newspaper could do it, to accurate news.

notatoad on April 25, 2020 [–]

I saw it suggested on Twitter yesterday that the political polling firms should be doing some coronavirus polling, tracking trends in self-reported cases the same way they track public opinion.

I'm not sure if that would be scientifically useful in any way, but it sure would be interesting.

jackcosgrove on April 25, 2020 | [–]

See my reply to GP.

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