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> “If allowed to go unchecked, the new variant of the virus could increase the country’s R rate, which is estimated to be between 1.1 and 1.2, by 0.4 per cent.”
by davidhyde 6y ago
> “If allowed to go unchecked, the new variant of the virus could increase the country’s R rate, which is estimated to be between 1.1 and 1.2, by 0.4 per cent.”
I wonder if the author actually meant 40%.
- skookum 6y agoMaybe they meant to say 0.4, without any qualifier - i.e. that the rate went from 0.7-0.8 to 1.1-1.2? A change from the lower end of the old range to the higher end of the new range would match the 70% increase in transmissibility. (though that would require an increase of almost 0.5)
- davidhyde 6y agoYou nailed it, I think that’s what they meant.