Tag: Infection rate
SARS-Cov2 Omicron Strain: Is This the Light at the end of the Tunnel?
We’ve seen a lot of drama in the past few weeks with the rise of the Omicron strain. Some of it may turn out to be justified. This strain has an interesting lineage (Figure 1) that came from South Africa. South Africa has been a...
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Understanding Infections Rates in Terms of R0 and Re
One of my readers thinks the public needs an education on the nature of exponential growth (and...
Read MoreThe Winter of our Covid Discontent
Things are not looking good in regard to the COVID-19 virus. Infection rates are totally out of control (see Figure 1a). Testing rate is up since summer but positivity rates are way up and funding issues mean that some states...
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