R_to_growth function

Convert Reproduction Numbers to Growth Rates

Convert Reproduction Numbers to Growth Rates

See here # nolint for justification. Now handled internally by stan so may be removed in future updates if no user demand.

R_to_growth(R, gamma_mean, gamma_sd)

Arguments

  • R: Numeric, Reproduction number estimates
  • gamma_mean: Numeric, mean of the gamma distribution
  • gamma_sd: Numeric, standard deviation of the gamma distribution .

Returns

Numeric vector of reproduction number estimates

Examples

R_to_growth(2.18, 4, 1)