With India entering the phase of unlocking the nation from the shackles of Covid lockdown, it is important to know what are statistics suggesting about India’s Covid curve. One such important measure, rate of transmission tells a defining tale of flattening of the Covid curve with an infected person infecting only one other person. Complete Coverage: Coronavirus
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What is Rt? Rate of transmission (Rt) is the number of people an infected person infects. It measures the transmission potential of the disease. If Rt>1, the disease spreads rapidly, whereas if Rt<1, the disease begins to wane. Rt can be used to estimate outbreak size and devise fast-tracked responses. R0 is the basic reproduction number of a disease in a given population at the start, assuming all are susceptible (no immunity) and no specific outbreak control measures have been taken. Rt is an extension – the time varying R number. R0 is a standard measure available in the literature. It is directly used to estimate herd immunity coverage required.
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Although the term was only introduced in the twenty-first century, social-distancing measures date back to at least the fifth century BC. The Bible contains one of the earliest known references to the practice in the Book of Leviticus, “And the leper in whom the plague is … he shall dwell alone; [outside] the camp shall his habitation be.”
R0, pronounced “R naught,” is a mathematical term that indicates how contagious an infectious disease is. It’s also referred to as the reproduction number. As infection is transmitted to new people, it reproduces itself. R0 tells you the average number of people who will contract a contagious disease from one person with that disease. It specifically applies to a population of people who were previously free of infection and haven’t been vaccinated. For example, if a disease has an R0 of 18, a person who has the disease will transmit it to an average of 18 other people.
Herd immunity is a form of indirect protection from infectious disease that occurs when a large percentage of a population has become immune to an infection, whether through vaccination or previous infections, thereby providing a measure of protection for individuals who are not immune. Herd immunity was recognized as a naturally occurring phenomenon in the 1930s when it was observed that after a significant number of children had become immune to measles, the number of new infections temporarily decreased, including among susceptible children.
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