Before revision: The current COVID-19 pandemic is leading experts to assess the risks posed by the disease and compare policies geared towards stalling its evolution as a global pandemic. In this setting, the virus' basic reproductive number R _0, which characterizes the average number of secondary cases generated by each primary case, takes on a significant importance in the quantification of the potential scope of the pandemic .
After revision: The correct evaluation of the reproductive number R _0, which characterizes the average number of secondary cases generated by each primary case, takes on a significant importance in the quantification of the potential scope of the pandemic .