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Because that is the definition of R0. Once people are aware and change their behavior R changes as well and is not readily translatable to a different setting.
by fspeech 7y ago
Because that is the definition of R0. Once people are aware and change their behavior R changes as well and is not readily translatable to a different setting.
- foogazi 7y agoSo you want to measure transmission rates under normal interactions, not during shelter in place/everyone wearing masks?
- eneveu 7y agoYes. From the article: Dr Feigl-Ding explains that R0 is the “R reproductive number at time 0 before countermeasures”. He points out that this is not the R(effective) at current time under mitigation measures such as distancing and testing, tracing and quarantine, which are expected to slash chains of transmission.