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Re:Plans you're not supposed to talk about by NavinF on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @06:18PM (#29559514)
Hmm did he mean that it doesn’t affect transmission (as in reduce R0) or that it literally can’t prevent transmission (R0 reduced, but still >>0)?

The latter is trivially true. I’m guessing he said it anyway because it was intended for a different audience.

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Re:Plans you're not supposed to talk about by tshaddox on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @06:28PM (#29559599)
I don’t think they literally reduce illness and death to zero, but just pretty close. I would assume they were using the same definition of “prevent” in both places in that sentence.
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