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> An R0=3.8 means that it exceeds SARS’s modest 0.49 viral attack rate by 7.75x but the wiki says SARS is 2-4
by lukasm 7y ago
> An R0=3.8 means that it exceeds SARS’s modest 0.49 viral attack rate by 7.75x
but the wiki says SARS is 2-4
- chrisco255 7y agoYeah an R0 of less than 1 would mean it fizzled out with not much effect.
- Out_of_Characte 7y agoProbaly alot of shorthand writing, anything with an R0 rating below 1 tends to die out. therefore you compare the sars rating of 1.49 and the novel corona virus of 3.8 by seeing how many times .49 fits in 2.8 which is around 5.7 times more infectious instead of 7.75 mentioned in his tweet (He probaly divided 3.8 by .49 instead of 2.8) Ratings are just approximations and i'm no expert in virology to say wether this means anything at all.