Comment by Matt Skaggs

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We have no idea who patient zero was or where that person contracted the virus. Everyone goes to food markets or has someone in their household who goes to food markets, so all this downstream analysis attempting to locate patient zero in physical space using the numbers from epidemiology is never going to give a conclusive answer.
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AI Verified Matt explicitly argues this kind of numerical epidemiological analysis will never give a conclusive answer, which is directly relevant to the framework question. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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AI Verified Matt says this kind of downstream numerical analysis is never going to give a conclusive answer, opposing the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago

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AI Verified Exact wording appears in Matt Skaggs's August 12, 2025 StatModeling comment criticizing patient-zero/location analysis. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 1h ago
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