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by YossarianFrPrez 467 days ago
Just a reminder that measles has the highest R0 value of commonly listed contagious diseases (12-18), compared to Covid-19's R0 (2.9-9.5 depending on the strain.)

[1] See the table in this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number