X each day.</p>

	<p>Those <em>aren&#39;t</em> exactly the same, but it&#39;s close enough, and for educational purposes it&#39;s less opaque than setting the transmission/recovery rates directly.</p>
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	<p>‚ÄúThe median communicable period [...] was 9.5 days.‚Äù <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11427-020-1661-4">Hu, Z., Song, C., Xu, C. et al</a> Yes, we know &quot;median&quot; is not the same as &quot;average&quot;. For simplified educational purposes, close