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| Topic | Pretty crazy the worlds come to a halt for a disease with a 3.7% fatality rate |
| Ballinari 08/12/20 4:45:45 AM #38: | Maybe I'm a dummy here but wouldn't a deadlier disease often times slow down infection rates since the disease will kill their hosts generally before they can spread it to other people? Like in your Ebola example, it kills things far too quickly for it to spread all that much. That's a main reason why it's not too widespread atm But if there were a godlike disease that's able to be both being extremely infectious (like an R0 of 20) and deadly (like a 50% kill rate) then humanity as we know it would be extremely fucked. It's every person for themselves at that point --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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