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Re:R number for UK below 1 for first time since August by chrisseaton on Friday November 27, 2020 @08:35PM (#25234331)
> the lack of randomized community screening

Lack of it? But isn’t that exactly how R is estimated?

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Re:R number for UK below 1 for first time since August by rtkwe on Friday November 27, 2020 @09:30PM (#25234657)
It sounds like there's some limited sampling of asymptomatic people but it's not huge?

Hard to tell this page doesn't really give details on how large the longitudinal and survey is conducted.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-r-number-in-the-uk#about-r-n...

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Re:R number for UK below 1 for first time since August by DerDangDerDang on Saturday November 28, 2020 @11:28AM (#25238464)
or how the longitudinal studies numbers are weighted against the overall numbers when coming up with the announced figure..
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