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Originally Posted by spiderplant
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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You are correct. This number is called the r factor and it depends on the context of what you are doing. Obviously if you seal yourself in a room you will not infect anyone. This is the whole point of self isolation, to get the r factor below 1.