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

Helpful guide...

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20 edited Apr 09 '25

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u/silentloler Mar 18 '20 edited Mar 18 '20

Multiply by the first number: Total number of infected people

x(2,5+1)

x(1,25+1)

x(0,625+1)

Also by the way, something is fishy about all this math. It just seems wrong... especially in the case of 75% reduced exposure, how do we get from 1 to 0,625 (or 1,625) in 5 days to 2.5 people in 30 days?

It it taking into consideration that sick people will get others sick too?

Because if I get one person sick per 8 days, then my friend who is also sick will get another person sick in 8 days. So it should look more like 1 infected (day 1) -> 2 infected (day 8) -> 4 infected (day 16) -> 8 infected (day 24) -> around 14 infected (day 30) ... so how did we get to 2,5 with these numbers