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No infection, in the history of infections has EVER infected 100% of people. So already I can ignore you as an alarmist. But I won't. I will say that being sus
by salmon30salmon 6y ago
No infection, in the history of infections has EVER infected 100% of people. So already I can ignore you as an alarmist. But I won't.
I will say that being susceptible is not evenly distributed across a population. This is why prisons, meat packing and old people homes are more likely to have outbreaks. The corollary to that is that R0 is not consistent in a population. The R0 for people who live in old folks home is far higher than a bachelor who works from home.
So when the person said that they ran out of easy people to infect, that is absolutely true.
- kgwgk 6y agoSo there will be no more cases in NYC going forward? Good for them!
- salmon30salmon 6y agoNope, that has never been and never will be a goal. Hell, there are still cases of Bubonic plague that occur. The goal should be to minimize spread among the most vulnerable.