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Re:New York Governor announces 100% workforce reduction for ... by baobabKoodaa on Saturday March 21, 2020 @10:20AM (#22646644)
The parent poster asked "Why would we only expect half the world to get it?". It sounds like your answer to that is "no no, almost everybody will get it, they'll just get it at different times".
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Re:New York Governor announces 100% workforce reduction for ... by umanwizard on Saturday March 21, 2020 @11:15AM (#22647046)
If the effective transmission rate is 1, yes, more people will get it, and then the effective rate will go below 1, and you enter exponential decay.
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