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Re:WHO says Covid-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal by gizmo on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:42PM (#23978517)
This just means that the R0 is higher during the winter months, immunity will still accumulate to the point where the virus will be contained to small clusters here and there.
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Re:WHO says Covid-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal by napier on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:59PM (#23978748)
Yes, it's an overview of the factors that will likely drive R0 to increase during winter months. R0 is highly context dependant variable, it is not a constant. What evidence are you drawing upon to suggest that immunity will have accumulated by then enough to limit outbreaks to small containable clusters?
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