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Old 12-03-2020, 21:56   #367
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Re: Coronavirus

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"Of course there is a risk," he said. "But on average one person infects two or three others.
"You therefore have a very low probability of infecting a large number of people in a stadium
I find it hard to believe he actually said that.

If I stand next to one person, the number of people I will infect is somewhere between 0 and 1. If six stand around me in a crowd, I could infect up to 6, possibly more.

Just because the average person infects 2-3, doesn't mean everyone will infect 2-3, regardless of context.

Am I wrong?
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