@timcolbourn I agree that reduced contact rates lower post wave attack rates. There are however no threshold effects. There is no such thing as Rt remaining above 1 indefinitely at an 'insufficient' stringency level, as this would imply a 100% attack…
Mitigation was defined as spreading out infections, but not reducing the ultimate number of infections. Suppression was defined as stopping the spread. (for more detail on the concepts of mitigation and suppression read: https://t.co/hsg0BdJSgw ) (4/11)
RT @pieterstreicher: Was the obsession with keeping R below 1 at all costs warranted? Is there a “fundamental distinction” between strate…
RT @pieterstreicher: Was the obsession with keeping R below 1 at all costs warranted? Is there a “fundamental distinction” between strate…