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That's a huge difference, the estimate became 10,000 times smaller.
It is, but there are still quite a lot of zeros left.
it's still a concern for biden
Itβs like if I became 10,000 times less attractive. Same thing.
Is it more than 3?
Its more like 0.5% difference.
Not really, the new value is 0.0001% of the old.
Just because the number has barely fewer digits doesn't mean it's barely smaller