Is this sentence correct?
@Forbes @tarahaelle
“The longer it takes for someone to become contagious and the longer they are contagious, the higher the R0 is. “
The COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease May Be Twice As Contagious As We Thought https://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2020/04/07/the-covid19-coronavirus-disease-may-be-twice-as-contagious-as-we-thought/ …
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I was considering a different point, that a period of contagion without symptoms could increase R0...but now I am interested in the point raised here, that a longer latent period gives higher R0...and would like to know why. Isolation measures less effective etc?
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R0 is a measure in a fully susceptible population - doesn't consider isolation measures or immunity
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