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For some, the Bayesian framework is essentially a working definition of rationality or common sense: As one learns more, one’s views change—whether about the weather or the deadliness of a disease like Covid-19.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The trajectory of the pandemic has brought the novel coronavirus closer to influenza in terms of its prevalence and deadliness, but it’s not there yet.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024

About a decade ago, Chow found antibodies that enhanced the deadliness of anthrax toxin.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 16, 2024

Tight presidential security is essential, given the deadliness of past political violence.

From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2024

Not only do archaeologists like Dobyns, Perttula, and Ramenofsky argue that unrecorded pandemics swept through the Americas, they claim that the diseases themselves were of unprecedented deadliness.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann