How Corona Virus Can Easily Infect the Entire World Population if Left Unchecked

Scientists have now told us that the best way to contain new infections is to practice social distancing. Social distancing together with isolating sick patients and implementing quarantines of suspected cases is the surest bet to contain the spread of corona virus.

The table below shows just how fast the virus can infect the entire global population in just 33 infection cycles or waves. This assumes one person infects two others and no containment measures are put in place.

Infection Cycles	Rate of Infection (1 person infects 2 others)	Cumulative Infections
1	1	1
2	2	3
3	4	6
4	8	12
5	16	24
6	32	48
7	64	96
8	128	192
9	256	384
10	512	768
11	1,024	1,536
12	2,048	3,072
13	4,096	6,144
14	8,192	12,288
15	16,384	24,576
16	32,768	49,152
17	65,536	98,304
18	131,072	196,608
19	262,144	393,216
20	524,288	786,432
21	1,048,576	1,572,864
22	2,097,152	3,145,728
23	4,194,304	6,291,456
24	8,388,608	12,582,912
25	16,777,216	25,165,824
26	33,554,432	50,331,648
27	67,108,864	100,663,296
28	134,217,728	201,326,592
29	268,435,456	402,653,184
30	536,870,912	805,306,368
31	1,073,741,824	1,610,612,736
32	2,147,483,648	3,221,225,472
33	4,294,967,296	6,442,450,944
34	8,589,934,592	12,884,901,888

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