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Re:Bill Gates slams 'shocking' U.S. response to Covid-19 pan... by nl on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @10:27PM (#24488955)
Yes, and an R0 of 2.5 is only 5 chained infections from 100 (ok, 97). If there is no isolation that's inevitable.
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Re:Bill Gates slams 'shocking' U.S. response to Covid-19 pan... by nradov on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:02AM (#24493338)
That's a real stretch. If you're going to count chained infections then why stop at 5? You might as well go to infinity and claim that everyone in the world will be infected. Ridiculous.
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