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TMS 2313: Whispers of the Sheep

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What's the Big Deal About Omicron?

Ancestral strain refers to the original coved when it was discovered back in 20 19. The ancestral strain had an r value of about two point eight, which means that for every person who got the original covid, they could expect, on average, to infect about two point 8 people. A delta was the first time, was the first major variant that everyone was really panicky about. There were a couple before that, but delta like the big one.

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