> I know that if it is 5 times less likely to put people in hospitals but 10 times more transmissible then there will be 2 times more people in hospitals, but a

> I know that if it is 5 times less likely to put people in hospitals but 10 times more transmissible then there will be 2 times more people in hospitals, but are there more arguments? If it is more transmissible, people will be put into hospitals faster, and its not linear. Something that has an R of 1.1 will very slowly burn through part of the population then eventually die out as immunity reduces R just below 1. Something that has R=11 will infect almost everyone, and very quickly, even if we halve transmission with drastic measures limiting contact etc.