Can you solve it? Maths of a hypothetical new Covid variant
by Alex Bellos from on (#63SKM)
How would it spread?
UPDATE: The solution can be read here
The UK's autumn Covid-19 booster programme is underway, with approximately 26 million people eligible to receive a jab over the next few months.
Today's puzzle imagines a hypothetical new variant, and asks the solver to think about how it would spread. It was set by Professor Adam Kucharski of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, one of the UK's leading epidemiologists.
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