Seasonal flu has an R0 value of ~1.2 [1] while the estimate for COVID-19 was estimated at 2.2 [2]. This can be interpreted as each person infecting 2.2 other pe

Seasonal flu has an R0 value of ~1.2 [1] while the estimate for COVID-19 was estimated at 2.2 [2]. This can be interpreted as each person infecting 2.2 other people vs. 1.2, the spread of the virus will probably be exponentially faster. 1: https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2334-14-480 https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471... 2: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32097725 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32097725