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Planning to keep the reproduction rate as close to 1 as possible is the most efficient way to generate new strains, so they have the same root cause anyway.
by throwaway2245 6y ago
Planning to keep the reproduction rate as close to 1 as possible is the most efficient way to generate new strains, so they have the same root cause anyway.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoI did hear one minister describe a replication rate below 1 as budget available to spend.
- throwaway2245 6y agoExactly. I've heard it said that this mutation increases the replication rate by 0.4. If we can keep this under control, we could have instead originally had a replication rate of 0.6 and the pandemic would be long over - with no mutated strain.