COVID-19 Infection, Stay Home!

A useful model to explain the importance of staying at home, breaking the link between thousands and saving lives. **Watch the video here: ** * **[English](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nemSzeqs1lo&t=)** * **[Spanish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHg2nBNmerA)** **Theory & Concept** * PhD Maia Majumder says this chain of corona virus has a R0 of 3, meaning one person can infect up to 3 * While, the ordinary Flu has a R0* of 1.3, for example * So one person can have contact and infect up to 3 more * However, these people will spread it over 3 more each * Through a chain of 10, the flu would reach 14 people only * With COVID-19, through the same 10 levels it could easily reach 59,049 **More Info:** * Maia Majumder, PhD [Twitter](https://twitter.com/maiamajumder) * [Thread](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3524675) for COVID-19 R0's **Stay Informed: ** * https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covid-19 * https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019