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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.1008 [SLACK_001222] · slack_pm:msg:10523

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Date
2021-09-28 23:36
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes
speaker
Andrew Rambaut

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If it wasn't for the pesky 2019 value the R^2 would be 0.99 or something. So the 2019 value is definitely super significant.

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  1. 2021-09-28 23:33 Andrew Rambaut open
    They put an R^2 for a plot of something against time?
  2. 2021-09-28 23:33 Andrew Rambaut open
    That is bonkers
  3. 2021-09-28 23:35 Andrew Rambaut open
    Oh - that's you that did the R^2, @Robert Garry - sorry. Didn't mean to suggest it was inappropriate.
  4. 2021-09-28 23:36 Andrew Rambaut
    If it wasn't for the pesky 2019 value the R^2 would be 0.99 or something. So the 2019 value is definitely super significant.
  5. 2021-09-28 23:38 Andrew Rambaut open
    I assume this is cumulative spending? I.e., 10M per year up until 2019 when they spent 30M?
  6. 2021-09-28 23:39 Andrew Rambaut open
    Do we know when the financial year spans in China? Could this be 2019/2020 and actually include some pandemic spending?
  7. 2021-09-28 23:41 Andrew Rambaut open
    @Andrew Rambaut So probably not... `In China, the fiscal year for all entities is *the calendar year, 1 January to 31 December*, and applies to the taxyear, statutory year, and planning year.`

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