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| ParanoidObsessive 05/26/20 12:39:48 PM #17: | Lokarin posted... If there's a better word for unknown period of time than "indefinite" I'll hear it An indefinite period of time implies a period of time with no specified end. At no point has anyone suggested that people who catch this would be contagious for the rest of their lives, or for years at a time, which is what "indefinite" implies. If you're just looking for something to describe "Well, we're not quite sure if you're contagious for a week, or 10 days, or 14 days, but somewhere in that range", you're probably looking more for a word like "indeterminate" or even "uncertain", maybe something like "non-specific". We've always had a pretty good idea of how long this thing tends to last. The margin of error has always been just a few days, not someone shrugging and going "Well, you could be contagious for anything from two days to 17 years." --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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