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There is no such mechanism, from what I’ve read (not an expert). Most diseases demonstrate the tension for the reason you give: too deadly too fast reduces tran

There is no such mechanism, from what I’ve read (not an expert). Most diseases demonstrate the tension for the reason you give: too deadly too fast reduces transmission rate. But hypothetically, you could conceive of a disease with a high R value that is asymptomatic for the first month or two, and deadly in month three.

mschuster91 5y ago
> But hypothetically, you could conceive of a disease with a high R value that is asymptomatic for the first month or two, and deadly in month three. Why hypothetically? HIV has historically had an insanely high R value (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3880255/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3880255/), delayed fatal severity - and a CFR of nearly 100%. We are lucky we have medication now, after 40 years and somewhat 35 million lives lost to that disease.