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But "everybody randomly mix with each other" means everybody within an infected locale, not everyone on the planet. As far as we know, it can only be transmitt
by masonic 7y ago
But "everybody randomly mix with each other" means everybody within an infected locale, not everyone on the planet.
As far as we know, it can only be transmitted by contact (including surfaces), only while the virus is active, and only from an infected person while communicable.
A huge portion of world population outside of the First World won't even be "in range." Its spread has been very constrained given that it was in the wild for months with most people taking no special precautions whatsoever.
Look how ridiculously transmissible measles is, yet it took centuries to get to some highly populated regions.
- gremlinsinc 7y agoI've heard it may be airborn --i.e. be able to survive minutes or longer free-floating in the air after someone coughs. It also can survive pretty long on surfaces, I heard > 9 hours even. So you touch a pole on a subway car, and for 9 hours others are sharing the infection with you.
- masonic 7y agoI've heard it may be airborne I haven't heard a single credible claim to that effect from any researcher. It's not like measles.
- mygo 7y agoAll of the factors you mentioned play into its R0, and yet it is still orders of magnitude more infectious and deadly than SARS was this number of days after outbreak. Also, centuries ago this global phenomenon wasn’t a thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR00_uLfGVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR00_uLfGVE
- masonic 7y agothis number of days after outbreak The trick is having trustworthy timelines in the first place.