Re:A concept that took hold in the ’70s haunted everything f...
by timr on Sunday November 21, 2021 @02:44AM
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> You are assuming 0.76% prevalence.
I am not. I'm using the numbers from the paper to illustrate a point.
Even if seroprevalence was as high as 6% at any given time (which is about as high as it ever was in NYC, for example), an 11% difference is 0.66%, or 1 case per 152 people wearing masks. And that's in a fully unvaccinated population.
We're simply not talking about huge differences here. Certainly nothing close to a statistically meaningful difference in R0.
I am not. I'm using the numbers from the paper to illustrate a point.
Even if seroprevalence was as high as 6% at any given time (which is about as high as it ever was in NYC, for example), an 11% difference is 0.66%, or 1 case per 152 people wearing masks. And that's in a fully unvaccinated population.
We're simply not talking about huge differences here. Certainly nothing close to a statistically meaningful difference in R0.