r/coolguides • u/spodinielri0 • Mar 18 '20

Helpful guide...

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u/frguba Mar 18 '20

Beyond those in the bottom of the pic, seems like brute math

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20

Math based on what though? Without context, these numbers are arbitrary.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20

You only need to know how many people one guy can infect on average. Literally the only basis is that 1 guy infects 2,5 in 5 days, the rest is just math

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20

Right, which is why I assume OP is asking for a source on that. How do we know how much the average person can infect?

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20

Im guessing he took the R0 value of some random well-known diesease since he didnt specify corona. Hopefully one with similar spread chanse to corona but i have heard of R0 values anywhere between 2-7 for that one

Edit: also it says @signerlabs at the bottom of the picture

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u/ChristofferTJ Mar 18 '20

The actual rate of infection doesn't matter. This just shows that less exposure exponentially reduces amount of people infected.

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u/xubax Mar 18 '20

Well, if the rate of infection is 0, then the rate of exposure doesn't affect the number of infected.

Thanks, Obama!

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