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Exactly, like HIV started with a high R0 but its transmission mechanism is pretty easy to get a handle on--don't have unprotected sex or donate blood. Once this
by jkhdigital 7y ago
Exactly, like HIV started with a high R0 but its transmission mechanism is pretty easy to get a handle on--don't have unprotected sex or donate blood. Once this information is widely known, BAM, low R0. SARS-CoV-2 is quite a different beast, and reducing the R0 might be a hell of a lot more difficult.
- nradov 7y agoThere is no HIV risk in donating blood. The risk was in receiving blood transfusions, before blood banks started doing HIV testing.