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With such a high r0, why didn't measles just burn itself out?

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How much of the smallpox fatality rate was due to poor healthcare, nutrition and limited disease knowledge vs. actual deadliness of the virus?

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Is the coronavirus more akin to the flu virus and less like, say, measles or polio, when it comes to creating a successful vaccine against it?

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With such a high r0, why didn't measles just burn itself out?	545
How much of the smallpox fatality rate was due to poor healthcare, nutrition and limited disease knowledge vs. actual deadliness of the virus?	380
Is the coronavirus more akin to the flu virus and less like, say, measles or polio, when it comes to creating a successful vaccine against it?	1