Season 2 · Episode 201
201 - Overdispersion of COVID-19: Why A Small Percentage of People May Be Responsible for the Majority of Transmission
Public Health On Call · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
November 13, 202011m 50s
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Show Notes
High profile instances show up in the news as "super spreader" events, but there's evidence that the phenomenon of "overdispersion" could be much more common. Infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Justin Lessler and doctoral student Kyra Grantz talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the biological and social contributors to overdispersion, and what it could mean for public health strategy.
KEYWORDS: pandemic response; contact tracing; viral shedding