Monday, June 29, 2020

Understanding R: Why we need more intelligent leaders — Charles Adams


Going viral is similar in progression to compound interest.

R number is the reproductive factor of the virus.

The goal is to get R under 1.0 as soon as possible.

1 comment:

Peter Pan said...

By the time you know R, it's too late.
Too late for containment, too late for lockdown.

That being said, understanding the R of smallpox reveals that some strategies are doomed to failure.