Sentences with phrase «surprisingly small chain»
Research suggests that any two people on Earth can be linked by a surprisingly small chain of intermediary acquaintances — an observation popularly known as the small - world effect.
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Published online today in the journal Nature, the analysis found that the epidemic unfolded in small, overlapping outbreaks with surprisingly few infected travelers sparking new outbreaks elsewhere, each case representing a missed opportunity to break the transmission chain and end the epidemic sooner.