Averaging over the whole observation period however, the slope is less steep, around -0.65. This empirical observation was already made by Aiewsakun and @ArisKatzourakis (https://t.co/5dLn8LzzPD) and is true over many virus groups (RNA, DNA, retroviruses.
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RT @ArisKatzourakis: We showed that a power law function provided a better fit to the data than other functions that might explain the shap…
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We showed that a power law function provided a better fit to the data than other functions that might explain the shape of the decline, (e.g. exponential). The power law provides a framework for extrapolating rates across timescales 4/9 https://t.co/2sh69U
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@dbweissman @3rdreviewer not all the power-law rate estimations are spurious. see: https://t.co/ZoIbQm4Cda https://t.co/nelhD2NE5o