Question

What will be the doubling time of COVID-19 cases during the peak growth period in 2020?

Resolved :Above upper bound14.8

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Community Prediction14.8 (13.8 - 15)

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	lower 25%	median	upper 75%	>15
community	13.77	14.8	>15	42.7%
My Prediction	—	—	—	—

Quartiles	community	My Prediction
lower 25%	13.77	—
median	14.8	—
upper 75%	>15	—
Upper bound
>15	42.7%	—

What was the final result?Above upper bound

Community Baseline Score

-15.7

Community Peer Score

110.3

Authors:

isinlor

Opened:

Mar 10, 2020

Closes:

Aug 31, 2020

Resolves:

Jan 5, 2021

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