jmcrookston , R0 (R naught) thread 🧵
In which we discuss that measles, the supposed "most transmissible virus EVAH" is in fact simply a reputation based on myth, and its R0 is likely 9-12 or so not 12-18, and probably below SARS-CoV-2.
(Anyway, R0 numbers are very context dependent, vary wildly, are not useful to determine mode of transmission and only to get a sense of how quickly things might spread, and honestly are more or less useless)
(Originally posted April 18, 2021 on Nazi site)