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> We still don’t seem to know if this variant is more or less contagious (R0 of 2) we already know it's far more contagious but not if it's more deadly than de
by DyslexicAtheist 5y ago
> We still don’t seem to know if this variant is more or less contagious (R0 of 2)
we already know it's far more contagious but not if it's more deadly than delta with an r0 of 2:
> The estimated reproduction number, the average number of people that an individual is likely to infect, is almost 2 in Gauteng compared with nearly 1.5 nationally. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2299194-omicron-how-dangerous-is-the-new-variant-first-found-in-south-africa/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2299194-omicron-how-dan...
- VierScar 5y agoI think I am misunderstanding something. But wasnt the original Covid an R0 of 2.5-3? And Delta has an R0 of 7-8? An R0 of 2 sounds like a really low infection rate in comparison, but then it's increasing rapidly and outcompeting delta? I dont get it.
- DyslexicAtheist 5y agoyes sorry you're right - I'm mixing something up here: > We identified five studies, which estimated the basic reproductive number for Delta. Table 1 shows that the basic reproductive number for Delta ranged from 3.2 to 8, with a mean of 5.08 -- https://academic.oup.com/view-large/305057394 https://academic.oup.com/view-large/305057394