Before revision:  There has been increasing literature suggesting that superspreading, the significant variability in number of new infections caused by individuals, plays an important role in the spread of COVID-19 . In this paper, we consider the effect that such superspreading has on the estimation of the reproduction number and subsequent estimates of future cases.
After revision:  There has been increasing literature suggesting that superspreading, the significant variability in number of new infections caused by individuals, plays an important role in the spread of SARS-CoV-2 . In this paper, we consider the effect that such superspreading has on the estimation of the reproduction number and subsequent estimates of future cases.