R0 is not a great way of measuring contagiousness. For example, Ebola has an R0 of 1.5-2, and Influenza 1.1, but obviously many more people catch Influenza than Ebola.
I don’t know if this is the cause of the problem with these particular numbers, but in general, R0 is very much a compound function of disease and environment, and therefor doesn’t tell you much about how contagious something will be if you change behavior.
R0 is not a great way of measuring contagiousness. For example, Ebola has an R0 of 1.5-2, and Influenza 1.1, but obviously many more people catch Influenza than Ebola.
I don’t know if this is the cause of the problem with these particular numbers, but in general, R0 is very much a compound function of disease and environment, and therefor doesn’t tell you much about how contagious something will be if you change behavior.