SPECIAL REPORT: Measure Shows Social Distancing is Working in the United States
James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
Today is 4/2/2020 and I have excellent news. In an earlier article, I described and explained how IPAK is using an estimate of Effective R0 – the basic reproductive ratio – to track progress in shutting down the spread of COVID 19. The measure is a simple ratio of the number of cases on Day X / the number of cases on Day X-5. Why X-5? It’s the asymptomatic period so the general form of Effective R0 is X/(X-A) where A is the asymptomatic period.
The goal is to push EffR0 below 1.0 – and keep it there.
Today, for the fourth day in a row, we see EffR0 for COVID-19 <1. This is best news in some time. If we keep it up, we may have zero new cases within the next week.
We still need to push for
-Prophylactic use of antivirals, supplements, naturotherapeutics to reduce viremia (viral load) in the infected.
-Massive effort to change FDA policy to allow private, in-home testing with antibody tests so Americans can know their immunity status.
For more details, check out the IPAK Back to Work Plan at the IPAK Website
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This article first appeared on jameslyonsweiler.com.
