Trolling in my opinion is disagreeing without explaining why.
You have suggested I don't understand how R works, but you haven't advised why.
Posts #1225 and/or #1229 set it out.
As for the Telegraph article, I think we covered this before you joined the forum in your current guise but you may well have read and or commented on it in one of your other guises.
Simpson's Paradox shows how R can distort the reality, especially marked when the cases are low and small pockets of infection make the R number jump - as pointed out by Dr Jenny Harries in her appearance at the Downing St press conference on Monday when she advised that the R number can mislead at this stage of the pandemic.
https://unherd.com/2020/05/what-the-...dont-tell-you/
This might help you.
