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What is the average number of people you infect if you have seasonal flu?
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Unlimited: Cannot be answered. It depends on when you encounter others while you are shedding the virus. Also, are you staying at home, walking around in a mall, going to work, going to the airport, how many places you are visiting, how many people you encounter. But then all those people you infect can then infect others.
Answered 10/10/2013
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1.0001: For an epidemic to sustain itself, r0 (the average number of people that a sick individual infects) must be greater then 1.0000.
Answered 10/10/2013
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