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by klodolph 2281 days ago
Keep reading. This footnote is attached to the California-style scenario:

> * A second spike in disease may occur after social distancing is stopped. Interventions are important because they buy time to create surge capacity in hospitals and develop therapeutic drugs that may have potential to lower hospitalization and fatality rates from COVID-19. See full scenario definitions here.

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Thanks. I did see that, but it should more than a (literal) asterisk at the bottom of the page.
There’s a balance here between insight and precision. As you make information more precise, you often make it less understandable.

If you put the information in the footnote into the table, it makes the table harder to read.

As it is, the footnote is right below the table (not at the bottom of the page) and the information about the second spike is BOLD. That stands out to me.