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GhostVII
on April 23, 2020
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Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC reside...
That R0 assumes we are taking essentially no measures to stop the virus though, right? I don't no much about it but it seems like the R0 would drop significantly if we keep doing social distancing, expand testing, make people wear masks, etc.
Uhhrrr
on April 24, 2020
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It does, but the point of getting to herd immunity is that we don't want to do any of that other stuff.
s1artibartfast
on April 24, 2020
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The 5.7 number comes from wuhan, during lunar new year, and before viral identification.
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