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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2020

      ❗️Did you know that *study after study* finds most people don't seem to transmit COVID at all? That a small percent is responsible for almost all infections? That R is not that informative? My new piece on why this may be key to controlling the pandemic. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/k-overlooked-variable-driving-pandemic/616548/ …pic.twitter.com/veHa1BRwMO

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    2. Amy‏ @blueWRL 30 Sep 2020
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      how is this consistent with how it seems to be shared among family members?

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2020
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      Secondary attack rate in households is, on average, as little as 5-10 percent in most studies. It does spread, for sure, but not that much.

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        2. Amy‏ @blueWRL 30 Sep 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Thanks. It seems like so many of the cases make the news (deaths), there is household transfer. Could just be genetics.

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        2. Nathan Scandella‏ @enscand 30 Sep 2020
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          Not what I've seen, especially not in the early China data that informed this topic. Tho, "as little as" is the kind of imprecise language that can be very misleading. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30471-0/fulltext … https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.29.20164590v1 …

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        3. Hobbes Matraca‏ @HobbesMatraca 30 Sep 2020
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          I think 18% is still surprisingly low... (imprecise again, but it is true)

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        1. Christoph Siedentop‏ @chsiedentop 30 Sep 2020
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          Thanks for the article. Could you please help me out with the source for that 5-10% number? I’ve searched your article for it but cannot find it. Thanks btw for all the links to the sources!

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        1. Vic‏ @vicariousdrama 30 Sep 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @DrJenGunter @blueWRL

          Doesn't this imply a very low R0?

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