So latest R-naught value for covid is 6.

For comparison:
Flu: 1.2
Smallpox:
SARS: 2-5
Polio (pre vaccine): 4-5
Ebola: 2
Measles: 12-18
Rubella: 7

So can somebody help me understand why wearing a mask is a partisan issue. Genuinely asking the question.

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Because we’ve taken individualism to the extreme and people feel that any infringement on their right to behave as they wish or wear what they want, regardless of how it may negatively impact themselves or the community, is an unacceptable affront to their personal freedom.

And it doesn’t help that we’ve lacked clear leadership or guidance through all of this.

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Wow. This is crazy. Source OP?

So smallpox is zero?

I got hung up on the verb tense, “is” vs “was.” It was eradicated in 1980 but I see what you mean, that was it’s R0 when it was active.

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