COVID-19, Not Just the Flu

COVID-19, Not Just the Flu

Isn’t COVID-19 just like the flu?? No, no it’s not. I like numbers, so let’s look at numbers… If I have the flu, I am likely to transmit it to about 1.3 or 1.4 people. That’s called the basic reproduction rate (also known as R0). Those 1.3 people I give it to,...