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		svara on March 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: State projections for Covid-19 Negative R0 meaning the virus actually heals people? ;) Maybe you should read this from an actual epidemiologist: https://ccdd.hsph.harvard.edu/will-covid-19-go-away-on-its-o...

romski on March 21, 2020 [–]

more data is needed; the way that article is written is very casual and this is not a peer reviewed paper.

svara on March 21, 2020 | [–]

Fair, but the author is about as well-respected an epidemiologist as you will find.

The article is explaining what the default assumption should be. Empirical data might change that view.

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