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Old 12-05-2020, 20:33   #3274
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth View Post
From that equation a quick bit of algebra tells us that R(rate of infection) = Covid Alert Level - number of infections

So according to Borris we're moving to alert level 3

So R = 3 - (approx) 226000

So R = approx -225997

Quite a bit below the target of 0.5 to 0.9
I'm too old to remember much algebra, but pretty sure some of it being in brackets alters the working of it
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