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Old 01-24-2020, 06:38 AM
AndrewM AndrewM is offline
 
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Originally Posted by bloopbloob View Post
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.
That’s good it was the exception rather than the norm. Don’t know transmissivity of other viruses or diseases but those numbers don’t seem that high. Hopefully it stays that way.
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