Measles has one of the highest R0 numbers. A virus has a number of processes that run molecular assembly lines.(some have only one) these processes should run perfectly = each cycle = one virus. Some do not run properly and create a failed product. The virus takes control of cellular processes to make viruses, as time goes by the cell is filled with virus particles and bursts at which time all the good/bad virus particles are released. A virus with a well tuned processes make the exact number of components and subcomponents to make only perfect viruses, with no wasted parts that then all perfectly assemble into perfect viruses. These have the higher R0. Some are helter skelter = badly tuned = low R0. They say a single measles particle can infect a human, and it has one of the highest R0 numbers. An R0 below one is probably 'sub critical' and will not propagate.
aurizon•1mo ago
Measles has one of the highest R0 numbers. A virus has a number of processes that run molecular assembly lines.(some have only one) these processes should run perfectly = each cycle = one virus. Some do not run properly and create a failed product. The virus takes control of cellular processes to make viruses, as time goes by the cell is filled with virus particles and bursts at which time all the good/bad virus particles are released. A virus with a well tuned processes make the exact number of components and subcomponents to make only perfect viruses, with no wasted parts that then all perfectly assemble into perfect viruses. These have the higher R0. Some are helter skelter = badly tuned = low R0. They say a single measles particle can infect a human, and it has one of the highest R0 numbers. An R0 below one is probably 'sub critical' and will not propagate.