>until any exponential growth swamps the terms but isn't that almost immediately the case? Let's say you have only 50 people in the States who have the new var

>until any exponential growth swamps the terms but isn't that almost immediately the case? Let's say you have only 50 people in the States who have the new variant before you notice it, with an r naught of 2-6 that most of these strains seem to have after a few days you're probably already way beyond the few falsely negatively tested people who come in by plane. (the US still requires tests right?)