How quickly will the new coronavirus continue to spread?<br />According to Business Insider, the answer to that critica question involves one of the most important numbers in epidemiology.<br />It's the basic reproduction number, also known as R0, pronounced 'R-naught.'<br />R0 represents how many people an average patient spreads the disease to.<br />Scientists around the world have calculated different R0 values for the new coronavirus, mostly between 2 and 4.
