A matrix instead of a number: New model reimagines R for infectious disease spread

A matrix instead of a number: New model reimagines R for infectious disease spread

In 1991, U.S. sociologist Scott Feld wrote, “Your friends have more friends than you do.” Feld’s so-called friendship paradox states that the friends of any given person have more friends on average than the person themselves. This is based on a simple probability calculation: Well-connected people are more likely to appear in other people’s social circles.

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