COVID-19~ Worldwide estimates if Ro ~ exp(2.5r – 2.5)

We look at worldwide estimates for Ro if Ro ~ exp(2.5r – 2.5), where r is a daily increase in case numbers early in an outbreak. Ro is the average number of people one person may infect when there is no immunity in the community over a ten-day infectious period, and “exp” means “e to…