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Comment
. 2020 Sep:148:105095.
doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105095. Epub 2020 May 29.

(Mis-)understanding COVID-19 and digit ratio: Methodological and statistical issues in Manning and Fink (2020)

Alex L Jones  1 , Liam P Satchell  2 , Bastian Jaeger  3 , Christoph Schild  4
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(Mis-)understanding COVID-19 and digit ratio: Methodological and statistical issues in Manning and Fink (2020)

Alex L Jones et al. Early Hum Dev. 2020 Sep.
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Left column: Data from M&F; male death percentage and 2D:4D, April 8th 2020. Right column: Male death percentage and 2D:4D, May 20th 2020.
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