Charles R. Twardy

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Excel error kills 1,500

The Excel row-limit inadvertently prevented contact tracing for two weeks in the UK, causing a natural experiment. Using outcome data the team estimated the gap caused 125,000 extra SARS-COV-2 cases and 1,500 COVID-19 deaths. Ouch.

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