#superspreading

No doubt you've seen this story floating around. The reporting on it seems pretty bad to me, and the authors likewise aren't really communicating the disclaimers and context well either when interviewed.

It is believed roughly 80% of transmission is from roughly 10-20% of cases with this virus. Part of what makes this virus so paradoxically difficult to control as infrequent lapses in mitigation can have

Warum das Verhindern von Hot Spots der Übertragung der Schlüssel zum Stoppen der COVID-19-Pandemie ist Eine schicksalhafte Konferenz: Ende Februar hielt das Pharmaunternehmen Biogen seine jährliche Konferenz

We need to understand "k", "R", "Overdispersion" and what they mean. And frankly, a lot of reports are getting it wrong in very important ways. And they're describing