Convert Reproduction Numbers to Growth Rates

See here for justification.

R_to_growth(R, gamma_mean, gamma_sd)

Arguments

R	Numeric, Reproduction number estimates
gamma_mean	Numeric, mean of the gamma distribution
gamma_sd	Numeric, standard deviation of the gamma distribution

Value

Numeric vector of reproduction number estimates

Examples

R_to_growth(2.18, 4, 1)  
#> [1] 0.1996541