Note the sharp jump as R_0 goes from sub-2 to over-2, which should not be surprising (hand wave about branch processes, light of a thousand suns, etc).
Over to someone better qualified to comment - is the present situation with Ebola taking us into a pandemic territory similar to 1918 H1N1?
http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/documents/0905_pan...
Note the sharp jump as R_0 goes from sub-2 to over-2, which should not be surprising (hand wave about branch processes, light of a thousand suns, etc).
Over to someone better qualified to comment - is the present situation with Ebola taking us into a pandemic territory similar to 1918 H1N1?