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Originally Posted by downquark1
It is perfectly plausible there is a new strain. What is unusual is to know the R number so early. As I said before viruses do not come with R values written on them.
Most likely this is some estimation that actually came with a wide error bar that Boris has chosen not to share with us.
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It does have a range and it's in the published paper. It is, obviously, to some extent based on an limited data.
These things don't, in and of themselves, mean that the best estimate isn't the best estimate available now or that decisions based upon them are not correct. There's no lab conditions where both viruses are spread identically for a comparison.
Once again this is some distance from the Illuminati.