Asymptomatic infectives and $R_0$ for COVID

Abstract

We discuss how the presence of a large set of asymptomatic infectives changes our estimate of the COVID-19 basic reproduction number, also known as $R_0$.

arXiv commentV2: 2 pages, one figure (added in V2). V3: new material aded; now 4 pages, 4 figures

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