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004 = Quarantine Kits and Contagion Calculus

A Problem Squared

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The Scary Side of Exponential Growth

Infection rate of coronavirus is similar to an exponential growth curve. But it goes from being almost unnoticeable to exploding in a matter of weeks. The same infection rate, but the number of people you infect on average makes a big difference to the total number of people who are infected later. And what I think is particularly scaring about exponential growth is that it just absolutely explodes.

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