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If the virus has spread to 0.01% of the population (33k cases), a stadium with 6932 people in it has a 50% chance of having at least one infected person in it (
by logfromblammo 7y ago
If the virus has spread to 0.01% of the population (33k cases), a stadium with 6932 people in it has a 50% chance of having at least one infected person in it (assuming uniform distribution).
If the virus has spread to 0.1% of the population (330k cases), an auditorium with 693 people in it has a 50% chance of having at least one infected person in it.
If the virus has spread to 1% of the population (3.3M cases), a cafeteria with 69 people in it has a 50% chance of having an infected person.
If the virus has spread to 10% of the population (33M cases), a house or office with 7 people in it has a 50% chance of having an infected person.
If the virus has spread to 50% of the population (165M cases), a fortified secret bunker with 1 person in it has a 50% chance of having an infected person.
But if that bunker dweller hunkered down back when the spread was only at 0.01%, not only would they have less chance of being infected themselves, they would also not be potentially spreading it to others. So it pays to start limiting contacts earlier.
- lostcolony 7y agoWe don't know the actual number, and the minimum (i.e., the number we know of) is constantly in flux, so any number derived from those is wrong. The 'safe' percentage chance of someone with the virus being in the room with you is definitely arbitrary. So...arbitrary. Yes, you can run statistics to say that "well, we made a bunch of assumptions and came up with a specific number", but most of those assumptions are arbitrary.