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lazide
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Vials labeled ‘smallpox’ are found in Pennsylvania...
It’s not an estimate in NYC - that was measured.
brnt
on Nov 19, 2021
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If you measure a (possibly representative) subset of a population (not all of NYC was measured) it's not uncommon to describe that as estimation, not measuring.
lazide
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I believe the term you are looking for is ‘sampled’ or ‘studied’?
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