New COVID variants may be more transmissible but that doesn't mean the R0 – or basic reproduction number – has increased - The Conversation
7/26/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Catherine Bennett, Freya Shearer, Hassan Vally, James McCaw, Nick Golding
by Catherine Bennett, Freya Shearer, Hassan Vally, James McCaw, Nick Golding
Just because a variant spreads faster, it doesn’t necessarily mean it has a higher R0.
During the pandemic we have all become familiar with a lot of epidemiological concepts. One that was introduced to us early in 2020 is the basic reproductive number, or R0. This tells us about the … [+8948 chars]
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