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I read through most of that but will admit that I don't quite understand what he was trying to get at. Can you summarize?
by war1025 7y ago
I read through most of that but will admit that I don't quite understand what he was trying to get at. Can you summarize?
- dboreham 7y agoI only read the beginning, but it seemed to be about transmission not being completely transitive.
- baq 7y agoit more or less says that people who get met a lot (...directed graph, remember) somewhat counter-intuitively increase the total percentage of people infected more than you'd expect even if they don't transmit the disease after they contract it more than an 'average' person (again, directed graph).
- war1025 7y agoI guess that doesn't seem counter-intuitive to me. That's the whole reason behind social distancing right? To reduce the likelihood that you will contract the virus from someone else. It's not so much about keeping from getting other people sick, it's about keeping yourself from getting sick. As someone with young kids and a more frequent exposure to norovirus and other stomach bugs than I'd like to admit, once that gets into the family, everyone gets it. The way to avoid it is to not go places where your kid is going to pick it up (public library usually), but in general you still go to those places because they are convenient for other reasons. I understand the focus on handwashing and sanitizing things, but that doesn't do anything for direct exposure. If the stomach bug is near you, you're getting it. I assume coronavirus is going to be much the same.