March 26, 2020

Mathematics Of Life And Death: How Disease Models Shape National Shutdowns And Other Pandemic Policies-Science Magazine

COVID-19 isn’t the first infectious disease scientists have modeled—Ebola and Zika are recent examples—but never has so much depended on their work. Entire cities and countries have been locked down based on hastily done forecasts that often haven’t been peer reviewed. Science, 3/25/2020