Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Random effects key to containing epidemics

To control an epidemic, authorities will often impose varying degrees of lockdown. In a paper in the journal Chaos, scientists have discovered, using mathematics and computer simulations, why dividing a large population into multiple subpopulations that do not intermix can help contain outbreaks without imposing contact restrictions within those local communities.

from General Physics News - Science News, Physics News, Physics, Material Sciences, Science https://ift.tt/34uaUqi

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