As COVID-19 continues to spread across the United States and the world, many communities have lingering questions about the deadly virus and its impact. To help address concerns, Miamis office of university news and communications connected with Philip Smith, assistant professor of kinesiology and health. Smith has expertise in psychology, epidemiology, health policy, community health and health behavior.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak is keeping prospective Miami students from taking tours on campus, visiting with an academic adviser or attending an admission presentation in Shriver Center, Miami is taking those live interactions to them online.
The replication rate, or the R-naught factor, is more for the novel coronavirus than we typically see for the flu, but less for other things, like measles.
