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Put $Z={\sum }_i{Y}_i(\infty )$ and $1=(1,\dots ,1{)}^T$. Sum the bounds in part (a) over the vertices, using linearity of expectation and the Tonelli theorem for the nonnegative series:The bound remains valid if the series diverges, although it then gives no finite estimate. When the spectral radius of $\beta A$ is less than one, the series is a Neumann series, giving the resolvent bound for a discrete SIR epidemic.

The displayed condition and the resolvent bound for a discrete SIR epidemic imply $\mathbb{E}Z=o(n)$. The Markov inequality then makes $Z/n\to 0$ in probability. A sufficient special case is a sublinear initial infected count $m=o(n)$ with a fixed positive gap $1-\beta \rho \ge \eta >0$. The inequality $\beta \rho <1$ at each finite population size alone does not control a shrinking gap or an initially macroscopic outbreak.