Venkatesh Rao@vgrThis by @zeynep is great. I read about the the k/overdispersion stuff when the early research came out but didn’t think it through to the backward tracing and friendship paradox effects. Hope this hits policy people. https://theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/k-overlooked-variable-driving-pandemic/616548/…1:07 AM · Oct 3, 2020
Life Magnetic@lifemagnetic78·Oct 3, 2020Replying to @vgr and @zeynepWait..."10 to 20 percent of infected people may be responsible for as much as 80 to 90 percent of transmission, "...so the 80/20 Pareto principle? 20% of the infected are doing 80% of the infecting of others? 🤔