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Old 12-05-2020, 12:58   #3237
jfman
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Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post
I think need to get your calculator out.

In reality you couldn't maintain R at 0.5. And that's herd immunity.
And Sephs comment below not quoted.

I'm unsure where the calculation has gone wrong - I'm not talking about the total number of infections but the number of people they in turn infect to which trends to zero over time at any value where R remains below 1.
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