Israeli health expert: COVID R-rate is overused, abused and misunderstood

“We have been obsessed with R, as if we know exactly what is happening with infection. But it is an illusion," said leading Hebrew University epidemiologist Prof. Hagai Levine.

Meuhedet Health care worker wearing protective gear takes swab samples from a woman, at Meuhedet coronavirus testing center in Jerusalem, January 6, 2022.

(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)

ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

MARCH 21, 2022 11:40

Updated: MARCH 23, 2022 16:11

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