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> And wherever we look, infections level off before 10%-20% of the population is infected. This is somewhat mysterious.

This is not really true.

Bergamo had a 58% infection rate as of last month: https://bergamo.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/20_maggio_22/ber...

Several prisons have seen infection rates in the 70-80% range: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...

The USS Theodore Roosevelt had an infection rate of 60%: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6923e4.htm?s_cid=mm...

A better explanation for the leveling off is simply that social distancing and lockdowns have reduced the spread of the virus.

parent nodamage 6 years ago

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