A mild seasonal influenza strain circulating among the well-mixed crew of a remote…
PHYSICS · Subjective · Fermi University Physics · Thermal, Statistical & Complex Systems · Complex and collective systems · Complex and collective systems
Many Parts, One Behaviour, Ch Epidemics on networks
Problem
A mild seasonal influenza strain circulating among the well-mixed crew of a remote research station has R0=1.2, close to the epidemic threshold. Solve the final-size relation r∞=1−e−R0r∞ for the fraction of the crew eventually infected, to three significant figures.