Reducing Fatalities from Coronavirus Epidemic
Reducing Fatalities from Coronavirus Epidemic
A simple dynamic epidemiological model is used to explore two strategies for "flattening the curve," thus avoiding overwhelming the health care system and so reduce fatalities from coronavirus spread:
• Placing uniform restrictions on social contacts for an entire population.
• Placing higher restrictions on the high-risk fraction of the population and lower restrictions on the low-risk fraction of the population.