The Science Behind the Spread of COVID-19
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Sociologist and journalist Zeynep Tufekci explains how COVID-19 spreads.
When it comes to understanding how coronavirus spreads, most of us have heard about the R number – the average reproduction number of people infected by one other person. But Zeynep Tufekci says it’s more telling to look at a different letter: K. It’s the subject of her latest prescient article in The Atlantic, and she joins Christiane to explain.
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The Science Behind the Spread of COVID-19
Clip: 10/2/2020 | 2m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
When it comes to understanding how coronavirus spreads, most of us have heard about the R number – the average reproduction number of people infected by one other person. But Zeynep Tufekci says it’s more telling to look at a different letter: K. It’s the subject of her latest prescient article in The Atlantic, and she joins Christiane to explain.
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