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WHY DO MY FRIENDS HAVE MORE FRIENDS, AND THE CURE FOR PANDEMIC

     

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                             Today, we can count friends through Facebook.  And our friends seem to have more friends. why?

    A person who does not have any friend will also not be your friend.  A person who makes friends with everyone will also make friends with you.  That is, if a man has more friends, he is more likely to make friends with you.  If he has fewer friends, he may not be your friend.  That is why those who make friends with you would already have more friends.

    Your friends will have more contacts and interactions with others.  Hence infectious diseases will easily spread through them. So your friends seem to have more illnesses than you.

    Today, we are struck by the pandemic.  The Hindu dated 24-08-2020 says, "with 3 million cases, COVID -19 unlikely to abate soon.  Only a vaccine can prevent infections and help bring out herd immunity".

     But we cannot vaccinate all the 120 crore people at once. Here 'friends of friends' theory help us.  If you have a vaccine, pass it to a good friend and ask him to pass it to his good friend.  The vaccine will move from person to person and finally land in the hands of the most popular person.  He normally has more social interactions than others.  If he is vaccinated, he will not pass the disease to others because of his popularity.  If this procedure is followed and all popular persons are vaccinated, only 30% of vaccine is enough.  That is, if 30% of the country's population is vaccinated, the country will get full herd immunity".

    The vaccinate-your-friend approach could achieve herd immunity for a fraction of the cost and this applied to everything from seasonal flew to the pandemic.

FRIENDSHIP PARADOX:

"An average number of friends is always less than the average number of friends of friends". 

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