Can't wait for this to pass the flu deaths so you fucktards can stop bringing up that stat. This virus is EXTREMELY contagious, so if we don't shut things down everyone will be sick at the same time then you have a worse problem. Think about it.
The flu has an R0 of about 1.3. That means every infected person will infect 1.3 people on average.
R0 for the Wuhan Flu is estimated between 2-3.
Both numbers are estimations, but the Chinese virus numbers are speculative. It's hard to get solid numbers in the midst of the pandemic. We still don't have a grasp of asymptomatic case numbers.
Can't wait for this to pass the flu deaths so you fucktards can stop bringing up that stat. This virus is EXTREMELY contagious, so if we don't shut things down everyone will be sick at the same time then you have a worse problem. Think about it.
Isn't the flu highly contagious? Aren't many airborne infections highly contagious?
The flu has an R0 of about 1.3. That means every infected person will infect 1.3 people on average.
R0 for the Wuhan Flu is estimated between 2-3.
Both numbers are estimations, but the Chinese virus numbers are speculative. It's hard to get solid numbers in the midst of the pandemic. We still don't have a grasp of asymptomatic case numbers.