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Old 01-24-2020, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by AndrewM View Post
One person infected 13 in a surgery room. Maybe the transmission changes person to person as I would consider that very high.
There are people called "super spreaders". He would be one of them.

Scientists have revealed each infected person is passing the virus onto between 1.4 and 2.5 people.

It is known as the virus's basic reproduction number - anything higher than 1.0 means it's self-sustaining.
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