Covid-19: why R is a lot more complicated than you think – podcast

Over the last few months, we ’ve all had to come to terms with R, the‘effective reproduction number’, as a measure of how well we are dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. But, asNicola Davis finds out from Dr Adam Kucharski, R is a complicated statistical concept that relies on many factors and, under some conditions, can be misleadingContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 30, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Nicola Davis and produced by Max Sanderson and Danielle Stephens Tags: Science Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Epidemics Medical research Microbiology Source Type: news