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by mattmanser 5896 days ago
But that's totally meaningless!

Think of it in another way, at any point in time you have x number of virus that you are likely to come across through whatever means. If all those viruses are in the 0.2%, then the catch rate isn't going to be 99.8% it's going to be 0%.

So being able to catch 99.8% of 3 millions viruses when new ones are released all the time is a pointless comparison for efficiency.

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20% is totally meaningless as well, but you posted it.
No, he didn't. But that doesn't change his point.